Luis Pércovich Roca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pércovich and the second or maternal family name is Roca.
Luis Pércovich Roca
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
14 October 1984 – 28 July 1985
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded bySandro Mariátegui Chiappe
Succeeded byLuis Alva Castro
Minister of Foreign Relations
In office
14 October 1984 – 28 July 1985
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded bySandro Mariátegui Chiappe
Succeeded byAllan Wagner Tizón
Minister of the Interior
In office
21 April 1983 – 12 October 1984
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded byFernando Rincón Bazo
Succeeded byÓscar Brush Noel
Minister of Fishery
In office
3 January 1983 – 20 April 1983
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded byRené Deustua Jameson
Succeeded byFortunato Quesada Lagarrigue
President of Congress
In office
27 July 1981 – 27 July 1982
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded byFrancisco Belaúnde Terry
Succeeded byValentín Paniagua
Personal details
Born(1931-07-14)14 July 1931
Yungay, Peru
Died23 April 2017(2017-04-23) (aged 85)
Lima, Peru
Political partyAccion Popular (Peru)
Alma materNational University of Trujillo
ProfessionPharmacist

Luis Pércovich Roca (14 July 1931 – 23 April 2017)[1][2] was a Peruvian politician. Pércovich served as the President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru from July 1981 to July 1982.[3] He served as Prime Minister of Peru from 14 October 1984 to 28 July 1985.[4]

Biography

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He was born in the Yungay city, on July 14, 1931. Son of the Yungaíno marriage formed between the architect Gerónimo Pércovich and the lady Rosa Roca Osorio. Grandson of the Croatian-Austrian engineer Miguel Perković, from Dalmatia, and Dr. Asunción Roca, a native of Yurma, Piscobamba. He completed his primary and secondary studies at the Salesian College of Yungay and continued his career as a pharmaceutical chemist at the National University of Trujillo, where he was leader of the University Front, graduating in 1954.

He married Haydeé Bambarén, with whom he had three children: Luis Alfredo, Jorge Antonio and María Gabriela. In Chimbote he dedicated himself to commerce, establishing the Santa Virginia Pharmacy in said city and, later, the Fátima Pharmacy, the last of which was located on the fifth block of Jr. Leoncio Prado. Likewise, he is the owner of the ‘Presidente’ and ‘Riviera’ hotels in the same city.

Luis Percovich was Catholic and a devout of Our Lady of Fatima. His social vocation led him to join the Corps of Volunteer Firefighters of Peru. He came to command the Salvadora Company Chimbote No. 33 (1962-1963). In 1965 he was elected vice dean of the Pharmaceutical Chemical College of Peru.[5]

Regarding politics, he is one of the founders of Acción Popular. Since 1956 accompanied the architect Fernando Belaúnde to tour the mountains of Ancash: “I been with him on the roads from Chacas to Pomabamba, from Pomabamba to Luzuriaga, from Luzuriaga to Sihuas, from Corongo to Pallasca, in countless places, not seeking the great masses or the great popular concentrations, but seeking to know the situation of each of these small towns, of the villages, small communities to know personally about their needs”.

His parliamentary activity began in 1963, when he was elected Representative for the Department of Ancash. His legislative mandate was interrupted by the coup, headed by General Juan Velasco Alvarado, on October 3, 1968.

In 1980 he was elected Deputy again. On July 27, 1981, he was elected President of the House of Representatives (Camara de Diputados). During the second government of President Belaunde (1980-1985) held various portfolios. He was Minister of Fisheries (3/Jan-20/ap/1983); Minister of the Interior (Apr 21, 1983-Apr 15, 1984); and Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Oct/12/1984- 7/27/1985).

During his management at the head of the Ministry of the Interior, the Anti-Terrorism Division was created. Terrorism (DIRCOTE), unit of the Investigative Police of Peru (PIP), which proceeded to identify the political and military commanders of Sendero Luminoso, its action, propaganda and logistics systems. Furthermore, they created the Regional Schools of the Official Forces. Likewise, he had to face a protest led by police officers requesting improvements salaries. Pércovich managed and obtained the necessary resources from the Ministry of Economy and Finance to finance the increase in salaries, made the announcement to the media and moved unexpectedly to the El Sexto Prison, where a mutiny had occurred, to explain the measures adopted, causing the rebels to abandon their attitude.

References

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  1. ^ "HONDO PESAR POR EL FALLECIMIENTO DE EX PREMIER LUIS PÉRCOVICH ROCA". Diario de Chimbote. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. ^ "Index Pe-Ph". rulers.org. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Luis Pércovich Roca".
  4. ^ "LUIS PÉRCOVICH ROCA" (PDF). 2012-10-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ^ Aguirre-Aguilar, Augusto; Arbildo-Vega, Heber; Aguirre-Aguilar, Antonio (2018-11-28). "Platelet yield and recovery following the PRGF-U1 protocol in a Peruvian population". Journal of Oral Research. 7 (8): 282–285. doi:10.17126/joralres.2018.073. ISSN 0719-2460.


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