2024 in Peru

Events in the year 2024 in Peru.

Incumbents

 * President:
 * Dina Boluarte
 * Prime Minister:
 * Alberto Otárola (until 5 March)
 * Gustavo Adrianzén (since 6 March)

March

 * 5 March – Prime Minister Alberto Otárola resigns after recordings of an alleged conversations with a former lover are released by the media appearing to show Otárola granting government contracts to her.
 * 30 March – Authorities raid President Dina Boluarte's residence in Surquillo, Lima as part of an investigation into allegations over her failure to declare luxury watches in her assets in what later becomes known as the Rolexgate case.

April

 * 22 April – Psychologist and polymyositis patient Ana Estrada becomes the first person in the country to die from legally-assisted suicide following a successful eight-year legal battle.
 * 28 April – A bus plunges into a river in Cajamarca Department, killing 25 people and injuring 13.

May

 * 10 May – The Health Ministry officially classifies transsexualism as a mental disorder, sparking protests from LGBT advocates.
 * 11 May – Authorities launch an investigation into President Boluarte for disbanding a police force that was investigating her brother Nicanor Boluarte, who was arrested for alleged influence peddling.
 * 17 May – A vacancy motion is filed in Congress against President Boluarte, citing “moral incapacity” in the wake of investigations into the Rolexgate case and the arrest of her brother Nicanor.
 * 26 May – Four people are killed and 30 others are injured in a level-crossing collision between a bus and a freight train in La Oroya.

June

 * 19 June – Two soldiers are convicted of raping nine teenagers in Manta District, Huancavelica Department from 1984 to 1994 during the Peruvian conflict and sentenced to between six and 12 years' imprisonment.
 * 25 June – The Ministry of Health announces that it will stop labeling transgender individuals as suffering from mental disorders, but will instead use the term "gender discordance".
 * 28 June – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of the Department of Arequipa.

July

 * 4 July – The Peruvian Congress votes 15–12 to pass a law introducing a statute of limitations on prosecuting crimes against humanity committed before July 2002.
 * 16 July – At least 23 people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes on a highway in the Ayacucho region in the Andes mountains.

Scheduled events

 * 26–31 August – 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships at Lima

Art and entertainment

 * List of Peruvian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays
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 * 1 January – New Year's Day
 * 28 March – Maundy Thursday
 * 29 March – Good Friday
 * 1 May	– Labour Day
 * 7 June – Flag Day
 * 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
 * 28–29 July – Independence Day
 * 30 August – Santa Rosa de Lima
 * 8 October – Battle of Angamos
 * 1 November – All Saints' Day
 * 8 December – Immaculate Conception
 * 9 December – Battle of Ayacucho
 * 25 December – Christmas Day

Deaths

 * 8 January – Gonzalo García Núñez, 76, economist and politician, Lima City councilman (1984–1989) and director of BCRP (2001–2006).
 * 11 January – Roberto Abugattás, 80, Olympic high jumper (1964, 1968).
 * 29 January – Fernando Acevedo, 77, Olympic sprinter (1968, 1972).