Juan Sarmiento Soto (13 November 1941 – 7 April 2015) was a Peruvian engineer and public administrator who served as Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation under President Alan García from September 2009 to July 2011.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Juan Sarmiento Soto
Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation
In office
29 September 2009 – 28 July 2011
PresidentAlan García
Prime MinisterJavier Velásquez
José Antonio Chang
Rosario Fernández
Preceded byFrancis Allison
Succeeded byRene Cornejo
Deputy Minister of Construction and Sanitation
In office
4 August 2006 – 29 September 2009
PresidentAlan García
Prime MinisterJorge Del Castillo
Yehude Simon
MinisterHernán Garrido Lecca
Enrique Cornejo
Nidia Vílchez
Francis Allison
Preceded byCarlos Arana
Succeeded byDavid Alfonso Ramos López
Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction
In office
2 August 1985 – 28 July 1990
PresidentAlan García
Prime MinisterLuis Alva Castro
Guillermo Larco Cox
Armando Villanueva
Luis Alberto Sánchez
MinisterLuis Bedoya Vélez
Antenor Orrego Spelucín
Personal details
Born(1941-11-13)13 November 1941
Lima, Peru
Died7 April 2015(2015-04-07) (aged 73)
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyPeruvian Aprista Party
Alma materNational University of Engineering (BA)
OccupationCivil engineer
ProfessionPublic administrator

Biography

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Juan Sarmiento Soto is a Civil engineer.[5] He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Housing, Construction, and Sanitation in August 2006, and became full Minister in September 2009, serving through the end of the Second presidency of Alan García in July 2011.[5] Previously, he served in the same ministry as Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction in the entire administration of the First presidency of Alan García.

He is a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party.[5] From 2004 to 2007, he served as Director of Transport and Communications in the National Executive Committee.[5] Additionally, he served as an advisor in the elaboration of the 2006-2011 Government Plan.

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