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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018)

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard, often referred to by his initials "PPK", is an Peruvian economist and man of State. He was born in October 3, 1938 in Lima. Since July 28, 2016, he is the President of the Republic of Peru.

After being a Minister for several times nd President of the Council of Ministers in 2005-2006, he was a candidate for the 2011 presidential election, where he came third in the first round. He ran for President again in 2016 and narrowly won in the second round (50.12%) against Keiko Fujimori, after the tightest presidential election in the history of Peru.