{"id":"jose-maria-balcazar","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-balcazar","language":"en","name":"José María Balcázar","name_en":"José María Balcázar","name_ne":null,"description":"Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru (feb.-jul. 2026)","headline":"Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru (feb.-jul. 2026)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"José María Balcázar Zelada is a Peruvian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Peru from 18 February to 28 July 2026. First elected to Congress of Peru as a member of the Free Peru party in 2021, he resigned his membership in 2022 and helped found Bicentennial Peru, a parliamentary bloc of dissident Free Peru congresspeople. He returned to the Free Peru caucus in 2024 but remains as an independent, after Bicentennial Peru's dissolution. He was briefly a member of Alfonso López-Chau's party, Now Nation, until he was expelled in early 2026.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 January 1943","date":"1943-01-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nanchoc District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6319763"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Peru","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q419"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Free Peru (2020–2022)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102333715","start":"2020-09-30","end":"2022-06-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"National University of Trujillo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634051"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (since 18 February 2026 · BS 5 Falgun 2082 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5655405","start":"2026-02-18"},{"text":"President of Peru (since 18 February 2026 · BS 5 Falgun 2082 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5708511","start":"2026-02-18"},{"text":"member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (26 July 2021 – 26 July 2026 · BS 10 Shrawan 2078 – 10 Shrawan 2083)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18812470","start":"2021-07-26","end":"2026-07-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Balc%C3%A1zar","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587"],"faq":[{"q":"When was José María Balcázar born?","a":"José María Balcázar was born on 17 January 1943 in Nanchoc District."},{"q":"What positions has José María Balcázar held?","a":"Positions held by José María Balcázar include: president of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (since 18 February 2026); President of Peru (since 18 February 2026); member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (2021–2026)."},{"q":"Where did José María Balcázar study?","a":"José María Balcázar was educated at National University of Trujillo."}],"related":[{"name":"Valentín Paniagua","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/valentin-paniagua"},{"name":"José Jerí","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-jeri"},{"name":"Francisco Sagasti","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francisco-sagasti"},{"name":"Francisco García Calderón","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francisco-garcia-calderon"},{"name":"Manuel Merino","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manuel-merino"},{"name":"Simón Bolívar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/simon-bolivar"},{"name":"Francisco Morales Bermúdez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francisco-morales-bermudez"},{"name":"Nicolás Lindley López","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nicolas-lindley-lopez"},{"name":"Manuel Prado Ugarteche","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manuel-prado-ugarteche"},{"name":"Fernando Belaúnde","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fernando-belaunde"},{"name":"Ollanta Humala","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ollanta-humala"},{"name":"Jorge del Castillo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-del-castillo"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jose-maria-balcazar-71d24f5dc8.jpg","width":500,"height":672,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Ministerio de la Producción","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Balc%C3%A1zar.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): José María Balcázar","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Balc%C3%A1zar","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q108414587","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108414587","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: José María Balcázar.jpg by Ministerio de la Producción (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Balc%C3%A1zar.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article José María Balcázar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: José María Balcázar.jpg — Ministerio de la Producción, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"José María Balcázar\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-balcazar. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T08:55:08Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-balcazar","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-balcazar","ne":null}}