Overview
- The Executive, through Supreme Resolution No. 123-2026-PCM dated March 25, 2026, installed retired police general Hugo Alberto Begazo de Bedoya as executive president of Devida.
- The same resolution accepted the resignation of Berthin Enrique Gomez Vela from the post and thanked him for his service, with signatures from President José María Balcázar and Prime Minister Luis Enrique Arroyo.
- Begazo briefly served as Interior Minister from February 24 to March 17, 2026, after earlier leading the Cajamarca Police Front and the Lima Police Region, where he ran major operations against illegal mining and criminal groups.
- Devida is Peru’s lead agency for drug control policy, which designs prevention efforts and runs alternative development programs that aim to replace illicit coca with legal sources of income.
- Coverage also notes Begazo’s recent defense of the president during questions over Law 32171, a backdrop that shapes how this leadership change is viewed within a broader round of government reshuffles.