Benigno Chirinos


Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo is a Peruvian labor union leader and politician. He currently serves as Chairman of the Workers Confederation of Peru and Secretary-General of the Peruvian Aprista Party, alongside Elías Rodríguez. He was a reelected to the party office once again with Rodriguez in 2019.
In 1990, he was elected to the Peruvian Senate, serving until 1992 due to the Alberto Fujimori's self-coup, which dissolved the bicameral legislature.