Benigno Chirinos

Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo (born 29 May 1950) is a Peruvian labor union leader and politician. He currently leads the Workers Confederation of Peru and serves as Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party since 2017.

Benigno Chirinos
Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party
Assumed office
8 July 2017
PresidentAlan García
César Trelles
Preceded byJorge Del Castillo
Senator of the Republic
In office
26 July 1990  5 April 1992
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born
Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo

(1950-05-29) 29 May 1950
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyPeruvian Aprista Party (2004-present)
OccupationUnion leader

In 1990, Chirinos was elected to the Peruvian Senate. He served until 1992 following Alberto Fujimori's self-coup, which effectively dissolved congress. He never attained public office again.


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