Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

**Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard** (; born 3 October 1938), better known simply as **PPK**, is a Peruvian economist, politician and public administrator. He is the 66th President of Peru serving from 2016 until his resignation in 2018. He previously served as Prime Minister of Peru from 2005 to 2006.

## President

Kuczynski was a presidential candidate in the 2011 presidential election, placing third.  Kuczynski went on to stand in the 2016 election, where he narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori.  He was sworn in as President on July 28, 2016.

On 15 December 2017, the Congress of Peru began impeachment proceedings against Kuczynski, after he was accused of lying about receiving payments from a scandal-hit Brazilian construction firm in the mid-2000s.  However on 21 December 2017 the Peruvian congress lacked the majority of votes needed to impeach Kuczynski.

After further scandals and facing a second impeachment vote, Kuczynski resigned the presidency on 21 March 2018 following the release of videos showing alleged acts of vote buying, presenting his resignation to the Council of Ministers.

On April 10, 2019, he was arrested along with his secretary Gloria Kisic Wagner and his ex-driver José Luis Bernaola for an alleged crime of money laundering in the Odebrecht case. In turn, he authorized the Prosecutor's Office to search for 48 hours the homes linked to their surroundings in search of documents related to that case.

## Related pages

- List of scientists from South America

## Other websites

- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski profile - El Mundo newspaper
- PPK on Twitter
- Newsweek interview with Kuczynski
- Biography by CIDOB

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: His Excellency
- **name**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- **honorific-suffix**: Order of the Sun of Peru, OSP
- **image**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski 2016 (cropped).jpg
- **office**: 66th President of Peru
- **primeminister**: Fernando Zavala
Mercedes Aráoz
- **vicepresident**: Martín Vizcarra
- **term start**: 28 July 2016
- **term end**: 23 March 2018
- **predecessor**: Ollanta Humala
- **successor**: Martín Vizcarra
- **office1**: Prime Minister of Peru
- **president1**: Alejandro Toledo
- **term start1**: 16 August 2005
- **term end1**: 27 July 2006
- **predecessor1**: Carlos Ferrero
- **successor1**: Jorge Del Castillo, Jorge del Castillo
- **office2**: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru), Minister of Economy and Finance
- **primeminister2**: Carlos Ferrero
- **term start2**: 16 February 2004
- **term end2**: 16 August 2005
- **predecessor2**: Jaime Quijandría Salmón, Jaime Quijandría
- **successor2**: Fernando Zavala
- **primeminister3**: Roberto Dañino
- **term start3**: 28 July 2001
- **term end3**: 11 July 2002
- **predecessor3**: Javier Silva Ruete
- **successor3**: Javier Silva Ruete
- **office4**: Ministry of Energy and Mines (Peru), Minister of Energy and Mines
- **primeminister4**: Manuel Ulloa Elías
- **term start4**: 28 July 1980
- **term end4**: 3 August 1982
- **predecessor4**: René Balarezo
- **successor4**: Fernando Montero
- **birth name**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard
- **birth place**: Lima, Peru
- **party**: Independent politician, Independent
Peruvians for Change
- **otherparty**: Alliance for the Great Change
- **spouse**: Jane Casey
Nancy Lange
- **children**: 4, including Alex Kuczynski, Alex
- **residence**: Government Palace (Peru), Government Palace
- **alma mater**: Exeter College, Oxford
Princeton University
- **signature**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signature.svg