Raúl Diez Canseco

Raúl Diez Canseco Terry
Founding President of the St. Ignatius of Loyola University
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 1995
Preceded by	Office Created
First Vice President of the Republic of Peru
In office 28 July 2001 – 30 January 2004
President	Alejandro Toledo
Preceded by	Vacante
Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism
In office 12 July 2002 – 10 November 2003
President	Alejandro Toledo
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Alfredo Ferrero
Minister of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Commercial Negotiations
In office 28 July 2001 – 12 July 2002
President	Alejandro Toledo
Preceded by	Juan Inchaústegui Vargas
Succeeded by	Office Deactivated
Member of Parliament For Lima
In office 26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992
Secretary General of the Popular Action Party
In office 1993–1995
Personal details
Born	23 January 1948 Lima, Peru
Political party	Popular Action (Peru)
Spouse(s)	Jana María Hartinger Mazzini(First wife, divorced) Luciana de la Fuente
Alma mater	Universidad del Pacífico
Occupation	Economist, Businessman and Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	www.rauldiezcansecoterry.com

Raúl Diez Canseco Terry (born 1948) is a Peruvian businessman and politician. He played a role in bringing international companies such as Kentucky Fried Chicken to Peru. He also founded several educational institutions.^[1]

He was the Minister of Trade and Tourism and the First Vice President^[2] during the Alejandro Toledo presidency. He resigned in 2003 from the Cabinet, and in 2004 from the Vice Presidency, after an accusation which favored the father of his present wife. He was subjected to investigations and the charges being dismissed by the Congress of the republic and finally absolved of all charges.

References

1. Raúl Diez Canseco's homepage (Spanish)
2. The Peruvian government has two Vice President posts. Diez Canseco was the First Vice President, and therefore first in line for the presidency,

External links

• http://www.rauldiezcansecoterry.com (Spanish)