Overview
- The Presidency published Resolución Suprema N.° 023-2026-TR naming Jaime Moreno Eustaquio as the State representative to EsSalud’s Consejo Directivo, a role that confers the presidency ejecutiva.
- A second Resolución Suprema, N.° 022-2026-TR, ended Luis Rosales Pereda’s designation for the causal of pérdida de confianza of the proposing authority, formally vacating his post.
- Both resolutions were signed and refrendadas by President José María Balcázar Zelada and Labor Minister Freddy José María Solano González, enabling an immediate transfer of functions.
- Moreno is a trained surgeon with health administration degrees and prior senior roles inside EsSalud and regional health offices, a background the government cited to justify his appointment.
- The new president assumed duties and inspected the Emergency Service at Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati, where he pledged to prioritize reducing wait times and better distribute resources across EsSalud’s hospital networks.