Pedro Sánchez Gamarra has been the Peruvian

Peruvian people

Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries, so people in Peru usually treat their nationality as a citizenship rather than an ethnicity. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century;...

 Minister of Energy

Energy

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 and Mining

Mining

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 under President Alan García since October 2008.

Biography

Pedro Sánchez Gamarra received a Master's degree from George Washington University

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

 in Washington, DC. He has been the Executive Director of COPRI, PROMCEPRI and SIDEC, and the Chairman of ELECTROPERU, ELECTROLIMA, EDEGEL

Edegel

Edegel is the largest private electric power generation company in Peru.The Company has a total installed capacity of more than 1.400 megawatts and it supplies to the Peruvian National Grid.- Installations :...

, EGENOR, ETEVENSA, EEP

EEP

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 and Electro Sur Este.