Tito Pérez

Tito Pérez
27th President of Santa Rosa
In office 20 July 1990 – 14 November 1991
Vice President	Carmella Grosso
Preceded by	Raul Romero Israel Pozo (acting)
Succeeded by	Paul Oppenheimer
Mayor of Ciudad Beldad
In office 8 July 1982 – 8 July 1990
Personal details
Born	Ernesto Gael Pérez Peña 24 March 1942 Rio del Mar, Santa Rosa
Died	14 November 1991 Ciudad Beldad, Santa Rosa
Cause of death	Self-inflicted gunshot
Political party	PSD (since 1989)
Other political affiliations	Independent (before 1989)

Ernesto Gael "Tito" Pérez Peña (born 26 April 1942) was a Santa Rosan politician and the 27th President of Santa Rosa from 20 August 1990 until his death in 14 November 1991.

Political career

Presidency (1990–)

Pérez won the 1990 presidential election with 32.92% in the first round and 50.38% in the second round. He narrowly beat Plutarco Dijker, an independent candidate who appeared tied in the public opinion pulls with Pérez before election day.

Pérez was inaugurated in Ciudad Beldad on 20 July 1990.

Cabinet

In forming his cabinet, Pérez exclusively recruited fellow members of his party, the Social Democrats (PSD), with the exception of General Paul Oppenheimer for Minister of Defense, who was officially independent. As the PSD controlled both chambers of Congress, Pérez made no attempt at making an outreach to any other party for an alliance. After General Oppenheimer resigned and was replaced by Pablo Luchador, the entire cabinet was of the PSD.

Portfolio	Minister		Party	Term
President		Tito Pérez	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Vice President		Carmella Grosso	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Chief of Staff		Julio Reijnders	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Defense		Gen. Paul Oppenheimer	N/A	20 Jul 1990 – 2 Sep 1991
		Pablo Luchador	PSD	2 Sep 1991 –
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Billy Marino	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Economics		Jorge Savidge	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Justice		Ghislain Stilo	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Health		Dr. Lea Harris	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of the Environment		Marta Hailey	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Education		Rens Fontana	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –
Minister of Labor		Eleonora Spada	PSD	20 Jul 1990 –

Domestic policy

Focused significantly more on foreign policy during his presidency, Vice President Carmella Grosso mostly took on the role of handling domestic policy.

Foreign policy

The foreign policy of Tito Pérez deviated from the mainline non-interventionist stance of his party. In the first year of his presidency, Pérez deployed Santa Rosan peacekeeping forces in Lache and Occitania to enforce a ceasefire. Additionally, he supported regimes that were combating rebellions, such as the American Federation. Pérez attributed his foreign policy to "maintaining stability home and abroad."