LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Ollanta Humala replaced his influential finance minister with the ministry's chief adviser late on Sunday in a surprise shake-up that comes amid the worst economic slowdown in five years.
Incoming Finance Minister Alonso Segura said his priority would be to consolidate reforms already underway in Humala's government, with an eye toward jump-starting economic growth.
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