President-elect Fujimori names cabinet: Galarreta as PM, Cuba at Economy

One day before her inauguration, President-elect Keiko Fujimori announced her incoming cabinet at a press conference. Luis Galarreta was named Prime Minister, economist Elmer Cuba as Economy Minister, and Carlos Espá as Foreign Minister. Additional appointments included César Astudillo Salcedo as Interior Minister, Rafael Belaúnde Llosa as Defense Minister, Guillermo Shinno Huamaní as Energy and Mines Minister, and Marco Vinelli Ruiz as Agrarian Development Minister. Of the 19 ministers named, 15 have faced criminal investigations — mainly financial corruption cases — and only two are women, drawing criticism from transparency watchdogs even as markets welcomed the pro-market, technocratic tilt of the economic team.