Pedro Castillo receives credentials as president-elect 6:17
(CNN) -
Pedro Castillo, a 51-year-old former school teacher and union leader, will be sworn in as Peru's president on Wednesday.
The ceremony will take place in the Peruvian Congress in Lima and will be attended by King Felipe V of Spain and the presidents of Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina, with the former president of Bolivia Evo Morales among the other guests.
Castillo will give his first speech as president shortly after he was sworn in.
Challenges of the new president of Peru 5:39
The leftist Castillo will become the fifth president of Peru in less than five years and was only declared president-elect of the country last week after the National Elections Jury (JNE) dismissed the remaining appeals filed by his opponent, Keiko Fujimori, Regarding the accusations of irregularities in the voting, they were found without foundation.
The JNE said that Castillo won the elections with 50,126% of the votes.
The two candidates were separated by just 44,263 votes, a very narrow margin for a country with a population of around 33 million.
This is how Roncagliolo referred to Castillo's victory in Peru 0:52
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