Six of the 18 ministers of the Peruvian government announced their resignations on Monday. Interior Minister Victor Torres cited “family problems” A few hours later, the ministers of Education, Women, Agrarian Development, Production and Foreign Trade also announced their departure.

This wave of resignations occurred on the eve of the inauguration vote, by Parliament, of the new Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen and his government. President Dina Boluarte administered the oath to the six new ministers appointed to replace the departing ones.