Finance Chief Popular With Investors Quits Amid Peru Crisis

  • Peru’s assets rallied when Francke was first appointed in July
  • President Castillo is grappling with multiple political crises
Pedro FranckePhotographer: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
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Peru’s investor-friendly Finance Minister Pedro Francke quit on Tuesday as President Pedro Castillo overhauls his cabinet amid a political crisis.

Francke announced his departure on Twitter on Tuesday, thanking the president and expressing a wish that the new cabinet strengthens the fight against corruption.