Juan Manuel Guillén Benavides (born November 24, 1941) is a Peruvian philosopher and politician. In 2007, he became President of the Arequipa Region.

Biography

Guillén was born on November 24, 1941, in Arequipa city. Guillén's initial education was at school Nº9513 and Nº951 followed by the Colegio Nacional Independencia Americana. Between 1960 and 1964, Guillén studied philosophy at the National University of St Augustin of Arequipa (UNSA), earning a PhD. From 1973 to 1975, Guillén was director of the philosophy program at UNSA.^[1]

From 1999 to 2002, Guillén was mayor of Arequipa.^[2][1] He was credited with leading the 2002 protests against plans to privatize the region's electrical utilities.^[3] Guillén was President of the Arequipa region from January 2007 through June 2010, and again from October 2010 through December 2014.^[4]

See also

• Arequipa region

Notes

References

• Arce, Moisés (2010). "Chapter 7: The Repoliticization of Collective Action After Neoliberalism in Peru". In Smith, William C; Gómez-Mera, Laura (eds.). Market, State, and Society in Contemporary Latin America. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 139–157. ISBN 978-1-4443-3525-5. OCLC 471799145.
• Cahoon, Ben. "Regions of Peru". World Statesmen.org. Arequipa section. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
• Declaració n Jurada de Vida del Candidato - JUAN MANUEL GUILLEN BENAVIDES (PDF), Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011, retrieved April 12, 2011