The 2019–2020 Peruvian constitutional crisis began when President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru on 30 September 2019. Congress responded by declaring Vizcarra's presidency suspended and appointed Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as interim president, moves that were largely seen as null and void.
The next day, on 1 October 2019, Aráoz announced her resignation while Vizcarra issued a decree for legislative elections to be held on 26 January 2020.
Mercedes Aráoz
Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández (born 5 August 1961) is a Peruvian economist, professor and politician.
She was the second Vice President of Peru of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from July 2016 through March 2018. After his resignation, she acted as the only Vice President of Martín Vizcarra from 23 March 2018 until her resignation on 1 October 2019.
Aráoz also was the Prime Minister, from 17 September 2017 to 2 April 2018.
On 30 September 2019, the Congress of the Republic of Peru suspended the presidency of Martín Vizcarra and named Aráoz as acting president of Peru through a disputed process. The decision was soon seen as null and void. The Peruvian Armed Forces continue to recognize Vizcarra as president of Peru and head of the armed forces. Aráoz resigned as Vice President on 1 October 2019.
Penthéréaz
Penthéréaz is a municipality of the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Salvador del Solar
Salvador Alejandro Jorge del Solar Labarthe (; born 1 May 1970) is a Peruvian actor, lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Peru from being appointed by President Martín Vizcarra on 11 March 2019 until his resignation on 30 September 2019. He was Minister of Culture of Peru from 5 December 2016 to 27 December 2017 under President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
Vicente Zeballos
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas (born 10 May 1963) is a Peruvian politician. On 30 September 2019, he was appointed Prime Minister of Peru by President Martín Vizcarra. He replaced Salvador del Solar following the constitutional crisis. He was the Minister of Justice until his appointed of Prime Minister.
Born in the southern region of Tacna, Zeballos began his political career as mayor of Mariscal Nieto Province in Moquegua, from 2003 to 2006. 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.
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. Zeballos was succeeded in office by former Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano on July 15, 2020.
Poliez-Pittet
Poliez-Pittet is a municipality in Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Rueyres, Switzerland
Rueyres is a municipality in Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Muff
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They are rarely used today. Changes in fashion might be one reason. Also, vehicles which transport people today are usually heated.
Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland
Saint-Barthélemy is a municipality in the of Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Sottens
Sottens was a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat joined together to become the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.
It is known for its radio transmitter for the French language Swiss radio, built in 1931.
Jorat-Menthue
Jorat-Menthue is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the former municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged to form the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.
Sugnens
Sugnens was a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011 the municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens joined together to become the new municipality of Montilliez.
Sullens
Sullens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the Gros-de-Vaud district.
Village-Neuf
Village-Neuf is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 59,779 people lived there. Its county seat is Columbus. The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes.
Mississippi University for Women is located here.
Paddy Roy Bates
Paddy Roy Bates (19212012) was a major in the British Army during WWII.
He became a pirate radio broadcaster. This is one which broadcasts without a licence. The broadcasting was based on a platform in the North Sea, which he called the Principality of Sealand.
Shigeru Miyamoto gameography
The Shigeru Miyamoto gameography includes all video games directed, produced, or designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Hired in 1977 at Nintendo Co, Ltd. by president Hiroshi Yamauchi for his toy creations, Miyamoto's video game career began as Nintendo entered the arcade video game market in the late 1970s, and continued to grow the company itself and take an increasing leadership role. His video game contributions began with arcade cabinet art, then pixel art design as in the arcade "Sheriff" (1979), full game codevelopment roles as in the arcade "Radar Scope" (1979), primary concept and development roles as in Nintendo's first phenomenal hit "Donkey Kong" (1981), and his first console-only game "Devil World" (1984). Miyamoto has become one of the most influential video game designers of all time, having started video game franchises such as "Super Mario" and "The Legend of Zelda".
Bill Bidwill
William Vogel Bidwill Sr. (July 31, 1931 – October 2, 2019) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.
Bidwill died at age 88 on October 2, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Armando Villanueva
Armando Villanueva Del Campo (25 November 1915 – 14 April 2013) was a Peruvian politician. He was the leader of the Peruvian American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. Villanueva was born in Lima. He was the Prime Minister of Peru from 17 May 1988 through 15 May 1989 during Alan García's first presidency.
At the age of 15 Villanueva became a member of APRA's "Juventud Aprista Peruana" in opposition to the military dictatorship of Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro. At the age of 18 he was imprisoned in El Frontón prison (located on the small island of "San Lorenzo" off the coast of Callao, Lima's main port) for his subversive activities in Peru. He was a political ally and personal friend of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, the founder and most prominent leader of the APRA party.