Juan Jiménez Mayor

Juan Jiménez Mayor
Jiménez during the WEF 2013
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
23 July 2012 – 31 October 2013
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byOscar Valdés
Succeeded byCésar Villanueva
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office
11 December 2011 – 23 July 2012
PresidentOllanta Humala
Prime MinisterÓscar Valdés
Preceded byFrancisco Eguiguren
Succeeded byEda Rivas
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office
7 August 2011 – 11 December 2011
PresidentOllanta Humala
Prime MinisterSalomon Lerner Ghitis
MinisterFrancisco Eguiguren
Preceded byMagly Amparo García Bocanegra
Succeeded byEda Rivas
In office
25 November 2000 – 28 July 2001
PresidentValentín Paniagua
Prime MinisterJavier Pérez de Cuéllar
MinisterDiego García Sayán
Preceded byAna Reátegui Napurí
Succeeded byPedro Cateriano
Personal details
Born (1964-08-05) 5 August 1964 (age 59)
Lima, Peru
Political partyIndependent
Alma materPontifical Catholic University
of Peru

Juan Federico Jiménez Mayor (born 5 August 1964) is a Peruvian politician who was Prime Minister of Peru from July 2012 to October 2013. He previously served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, and was appointed to the post of Prime Minister on 23 July 2012 by President Ollanta Humala. He resigned his post on 29 October 2013, and was replaced by César Villanueva, Governor of the San Martín Region.

Education

Jiménez studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He also holds a master's degree in constitutional law.

Career

After graduation, he qualified for the bar. He is a human rights lawyer. He served as faculty member at his alma meter, Catholic University. In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice to interim government led by Valentín Paniagua. In August 2011, he was reappointed deputy justice minister. In December 2011, he became Minister of Justice and Human Rights. In his short stay at the ministry he dealt with several high-profile problems. From 2013 to 2016 he served as Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States.



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