Enrique Cornejo

Enrique Javier Cornejo Ramirez (born 2 June 1956) is a Peruvian politician who was the former Minister of Transportation and Communications that was under President Alan García from September 2010 to July 2011.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Prior to that, he was the Minister of Housing and Construction.^[6]

Enrique Cornejo
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 29 November 2008 – 28 July 2011
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Verónica Zavala
Succeeded by	Carlos Paredes
Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation
In office 20 December 2007 – 29 November 2008
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Hernán Garrido Lecca
Succeeded by	Nidia Vílchez
Secretary General of the Presidency
In office 28 July 1985 – 30 September 1986
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Óscar Maúrtua
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-02) June 2, 1956 (age 69) Lima, Peru
Political party	Independent (2017-present)
Other political affiliations	Direct Democracy (2018) APRA (until 2017)
Residence(s)	Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Alma mater	University of Lima
Profession	Politician and economist

Biography

Enrique Cornejo graduated from the University of Lima.^[6] He has taught at universities in Ecuador and Bolivia.^[6] He also taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.^[6] From August 2006 to December 2007, he was the CEO of the National Bank of Peru.^[6] In 2007, he was appointed the Peruvian Minister of Housing and Construction.^[6] In September 2010, he became the Minister of Transportation and Communication.^[5]

Candidacy for Mayor of Lima

In the 2014 municipal elections, he ran for Mayor of Lima under the Peruvian Aprista Party, but lost to Luis Castañeda Lossio. In April 2017, he announced that he would run again for mayor for the municipal elections of Lima in 2018, founding a provincial organization "Contigo Ciudadano" after his resignation from the Peruvian Aprista Party in March of the same year. By failing to meet the signature requirement, he formed an alliance with the Direct Democracy Party, sealing his candidacy for 2018.^[7]

Arrest

On 17 April 2019, the Peruvian judiciary ordered preliminary detention against him and other investigators, for having received alleged bribes from the Odebrecht company. Subsequently, the former Minister of Transport was detained by the police as he was leaving a media outlet building.^[8]