Walter Martos

Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (2 November 1957 – 7 January 2025) was a Peruvian military general and politician. He was Prime Minister of Peru from August to November 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration. He was Minister of Defense from October 2019 to August 2020.

 Army career 
Martos was born in the northern city of Cajamarca. Following the conclusion of his high school education at the Cristo Rey Maristas School, Martos enrolled in the Chorrillos Military School, where he would graduate in 1978 with a specialization in Engineering. He attained a master's degree at the Army's Superior War College and at the Army's Scientific and Technological Institute.

He was successively Secretary General of the Army General Command; General Commander of Education and Doctrine Command of the Peruvian Army; Commander General of the Northern Military Region (2011); Chief of General Staff of the Army; and Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (2013).

He was director of the Army Language Center; Academic deputy director and director of the Military School of Chorrillos; director of the School of Engineering and the Superior School of War.

Death
Martos died on 7 January 2025 in Lima, Peru at the age of 67.Falleció Walter Martos, exministro del gobierno de Martín Vizcarra, a los 67 años: ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS 

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Category:1957 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Prime ministers of Peru
Category:Cajamarca Region