Yehude Simon

Prime Minister of Peru
In office 14 October 2008 – 12 July 2009

President : Alan García

Preceded by: Jorge del Castillo

Succeeded by: Javier Velásquez
Born: 18 July 1947 (age 62)

Political party: Humanist Movement Party
Alma mater: Pedro Ruiz Gallo State University

Early life and family

He is of Arabic and Italian descent and was born in Lima. When he was a child his family moved to Chiclayo to further a business selling shoes. His primary and secondary education were conducted in the Colegio Manuel Pardo and he joined the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Lambayeque, where he later was a lecturer. He married Nancy Valcárcel, a Chiclayo painter with whom he had four children: Jessica, Yehuda, and Yusef Yail and four grandchildren: David, Micaela, Joaquín and Isabella.