Ciro Castillo Rojo

alt=Image of man in the foreground with glasses and grey hair, smiling and clapping. He is wearing a black suit coat with a red sash. Ciro Ronald Castillo-Rojo Salas (Azángaro, July 7, 1950) is a Peruvian surgeon and politician. He is the current regional governor of Callao, Peruvian seaside city and region, since January 1, 2023.

Biography He graduated as a surgeon from the National University of San Marcos and has a specialization in General Surgery from the Cayetano Heredia University. Since 1985, he has been working as a surgeon. The search lasted for two hundred and two days, until he was found lifeless in a ravine of the snowy Bomboya mountain.

In 2017, he was the regional health director (Diresa) of the department of Áncash.

Political career He attempted to register his political party, Perú Potencia, with the goal of running for the presidency of Peru. He ran for the Regional Government of Callao in the 2014 regional elections for Acción Popular, coming in second place. He ran again for the same position in the 2018 regional elections for the Alliance for Progress party, without success again.

In the 2016 parliamentary elections, he ran for the Congress of the Republic for Peruanos Por el Kambio, without success. He tried again in the 2020 extraordinary parliamentary elections for Perú Libre and in the 2021 parliamentary elections for Somos Perú.

In the 2022 regional elections, he was elected regional governor for Más Callao, after defeating Miguel Cordano, of Contigo Callao, in a runoff election.

Controversies In July 2023, the Sunday newspaper Panorama reported a leak in which he had appealed a payment of US$150,000. The Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation for alleged influence peddling. It was later reported in the media that one of the former councilors was sentenced by the Eighth Unipersonal Court of Callao.

During the same year, the Superior Court of Justice of Callao took protective measures in support of the vice-governor of the region, Edita Gladys Vargas Cerón, following reports of alleged threats from Castillo Rojo.