LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Ollanta Humala swore in a widely praised regional politician as his fourth prime minister in a mini-cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, but retained his finance minister despite rumours he might quit.
The new prime minister, Cesar Villanueva, 67, has twice been elected as president of the northern Amazonian region of San Martin and is affiliated with centre-left parties. He is the first prime minister picked by Humala to have been elected into a previous office.
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