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Elections 2006 | 22 August, 2006 [ 11:35 ]

More than half of Peruvian governors will run for re-election

The official registration deadline for candidates to Peru's 25 regional governments expired last night. Regional and municipal elections are scheduled for November 19, 2006.
Peru is divided into 25 regions, and subdivided into 180 provinces, and 1,747 districts. The inscription deadline for Peru's provinces districts will expire on August 30th.

Governors running for re-election are:
- Daniel Vera Ballón (Arequipa)
- Omar Quezada (Ayacucho)
- Rogelio Canches (Callao)
- Carlos Cuaresma (Cusco)
- Salvador Espinoza (Huancavelica)
- Luzmila Templo Condeso (Huánuco)
- Yehude Simon (Lambayeque)
- Miguel Angel Mufarech (Lima)
- Robinson Rivadeneyra (Loreto)
- Cristala Constantinides (Moquegua)
- Victor Espinosa (Pasco)
- César Trelles (Piura)
- Julio Cárdenas (San Martin)
- Yris Medina (Tumbes)
- Edwin Vásquez (Ucayali)

Among those not running for another 4 year term are Ricardo Narváez (Ancash) and Manuel Duarte (Junin).

Lima's governor Mufarech and Tumbes' Medina will no longer run for the Apra but for their own political movement.

Mufarech will compete with Andrés Tello (Apra), the ex- mayor of Villa El Salvador Michel Azcueta (independent), Cesar Núñez (Unidad Nacional), Luis Alva Odría (UPP) and Manuel Benza (PNP), among others.

Callao's ex-mayor Álex Kouri (Chim Pum Callao) will challenge Rogelio Canches for Peru's smallest region.

Other candidates include ex-congressman Alcides Chamorro in Junín, ex-presidential candidate Luis Guerrero in Cajamarca.
Applicants for the governors job in La Libertad are ex-Minister of Agriculture and presidential adviser José León (Peru Posible), ex-presidential candidate César Acuña, and Jose Murgia (long-time mayor of Trujillo).

In Arequipa Vera Ballón will match up with the "White City's" ex-mayor Juan Guillén (independent) and Jaime Mujica (UPP-PNP).

Two APRA candidates registered in Moquegua, causing some confusion. Martin Vizcarra said he was appointed by the party's Secretary General Mauricio Mulder wheras Rodolfo Balbi claimed he had the support of APRA's National Commission. It is not yet known
how this situation was solved.

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