Vladimir Cerrón
Vladimir Cerrón | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of Free Peru | |
| Assumed office 13 August 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Governor of Junín | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 20 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ángel Unchupaico |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Orihuela Rojas |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimiro Huaroc |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Unchupaico |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Roy Cerrón Rojas 16 December 1970 Ahuac, Junín, Peru |
| Political party | Free Peru |
| Other political affiliations | Peruvian Nationalist Party (2005–2006) |
| Spouse | Lissette del Carmen Paez Martínez |
| Education | University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey |
| Alma mater | |
Vladimir Roy Cerrón Rojas (born 16 December 1970) is a Peruvian neurosurgeon and politician who served as the regional Governor of Junin from 2011 to 2014 and in 2019. His second term was suspended early due to a prior criminal conviction. However, seven months later he would be suspended to serve a judicial sentence for corruption. Journalist Ricardo Uceda, in La República, wrote that “there was no evidence” for his conviction by the Judiciary; his case was exposed as an example of lawfare in Peru.
He is the founder and Secretary General of the Free Peru party which won the plurality of seats in the 2021 Peruvian general election. Cerrón was also initially the candidate for Second Vice President of Peru on Pedro Castillo's eventually winning presidential ticket, but was removed as the candidate before the election due to his conviction on criminal charges of corruption. He has been a fugitive from Peruvian authorities since October 2023, with Interpol placing a Blue Notice on Cerrón.