Vicente Zeballos

Vicente Zeballos
Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States
In office 27 August 2020 – 10 November 2020
President	Martín Vizcarra
Preceded by	José Manuel Boza Orozco
Succeeded by	Hugo de Zela
Prime Minister of Peru
In office 30 September 2019 – 15 July 2020
President	Martín Vizcarra
Deputy	Desilú León Chempén
Preceded by	Salvador del Solar
Succeeded by	Pedro Cateriano
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office 21 July 2018 – 30 September 2019
President	Martín Vizcarra
Preceded by	Salvador Heresi
Succeeded by	Ana Teresa Revilla
Member of Congress
In office 26 July 2011 – 30 September 2019
Constituency	Moquegua
Mayor of Mariscal Nieto
In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2006
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-10) 10 May 1963 (age 61) Tacna, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Independent (2015–present)
Other political affiliations	Union for Peru (2001-2015) Peruvians for Change (non-affiliated member) (2016-2019)
Alma mater	Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (LLB) Complutense University of Madrid

Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas (born 10 May 1963) is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020, under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Prior, he served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.^[1]

Born in the southern region of Tacna, Zeballos began his political career as mayor of Mariscal Nieto Province in Moquegua, from 2003 to 2006.^[2] Subsequently, in 2011, he was elected to Congress in for the National Solidarity Alliance, representing Moquegua and the only congressman from Union for Peru. Zeballos was reelected in 2016, running this time as an independent within Peruvians for Change. He left the parliamentary caucus in December 2017, in protest to the pardon granted to former president Alberto Fujimori by the leader of the party and then-President of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.^[3]

In Martín Vizcarra's administration, Zeballos was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights, serving in the position until his appointment as Prime Minister after Salvador del Solar's resignation due to the denied confidence given by Congress, prompting its constitutional dissolution. His tenure was marked by controversy and subject of extensive media scrutiny regarding his management skills, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.^[4] Zeballos was succeeded in office by former Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano on July 15, 2020.