Jorge Del Castillo

Jorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Gálvez (born 2 July 1950) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. In his career, he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 1992, in the unicameral Congress of the Republic for six non-consecutive terms, between 1995 and 2011 and again from 2016 to 2019, five of which are consecutive terms, and as Mayor of Lima and the District of Barranco during the 1980s.

Jorge Del Castillo
Member of Congress
In office July 26, 2016 – September 30, 2019
Constituency	Lima
In office July 26, 2001 – July 26, 2011
Constituency	Lima
In office July 26, 1995 – July 26, 2001
Constituency	National
Prime Minister of Peru
In office July 28, 2006 – October 14, 2008
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by	Yehude Simon
Political Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party
In office June 7, 2004 – July 8, 2017
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Office established (Himself as the sole Secretary General)
Succeeded by	Benigno Chirinos
Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party
In office December 1, 1999 – June 7, 2004
Preceded by	Luis Alva Castro
Succeeded by	Office divided (Himself with Mauricio Mulder)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office July 26, 1990 – April 5, 1992
Constituency	Lima
Mayor of Lima
In office January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1989
Preceded by	Alfonso Barrantes
Succeeded by	Ricardo Belmont
Mayor of Barranco
In office January 1, 1984 – December 31, 1986
Preceded by	Nicomedes Montalván Prado
Succeeded by	Pedro Allemant Centeno
District Councilman of Barranco
In office January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1983
Personal details
Born	Jorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Gálvez (1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 Lima, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Peruvian Aprista Party
Spouse(s)	Carmen Haas Pelosi
Children	4
Alma mater	National University of San Marcos (LLB) Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLM)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

An adept negotiator, he is also a prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, serving in two occasions as the party's Secretary-General. As the right-hand man to the late former President Alan García, he served as his defense attorney during the first corruption and illicit enrichment allegations made in his first post-presidency, and finally as his first Prime Minister in his second presidency. After the "Petroaudios" scandal revealed Del Castillo's involvement, he tendered his resignation with the whole cabinet on October 10, 2008, to President Alan García, marking his political downfall.