Wilson Center Global Fellow Named to New Post in Incoming Peruvian Government
The Wilson Center expresses its warm congratulations to Latin American Program Global Fellow Carlos Basombrío, named last week as Peru’s next Minister of Interior in the incoming government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Carlos is a former Wilson Center Fellow and has served for many years as the consulting director of the Latin American Program’s Citizen Security project. He has broad experience in the field of citizen security, human rights and democracy, and conflict resolution, and served previously as Vice Minister of Interior during the government of President Alejandro Toledo. He was a member of the Commission for the Modernization of the Police and coordinator of the Commission for the Restructuring of the Police. A sociologist by training, he is the author of several books as well as numerous reports on citizen security published by the Wilson Center. These include A Dónde Vamos: Análisis de políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana en América Latina, co-published in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.
“Carlos is an outstanding choice for Interior Minister,” said Latin American Program Director Cynthia Arnson. “He combines substantive expertise, a commitment to democracy and human rights, and personal integrity in a unique and impactful way.” “We are thrilled to see his dedication to public service and leadership talents deployed in this fashion.”
Basombrío will take up his post when the Kuczynski government is inaugurated on July 28, 2016.
Related Program
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
