Alberto Varillas

Alberto Varillas Montenegro (26 January 1934 – 5 January 2025) was a Peruvian politician. He served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 under Alberto Fujimori's presidency.^[1]

Alberto Varillas
Minister of Education
In office 8 May 1992 – 28 July 1993
Preceded by	Augusto Antoniolli Vásquez
Succeeded by	Raul Vittor Alfaro
Personal details
Born	Alberto Varillas Montenegro (1934-01-26)26 January 1934 Lima, Peru
Died	5 January 2025(2025-01-05) (aged 90) Lima, Peru
Education	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Occupation	Lawyer

Varillas died in Lima on 5 January 2025, at the age of 90.^[2]

He became very famous among scholars of Peru's nineteenth century with La literatura peruana del siglo XIX: personificación y caracterización (1990), the first attempt at ordering the country's fervorous literary activity during that century.

He was also an active member of the Peruvian Academy of Langage and of the Ricardo Palma Institute.