title: 2018 in Peru
text: # 2018 in Peru
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Peru.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (until 23 March), Martín Vizcarra (since 23 March)
  * First Vice President: Martín Vizcarra (until 23 March)
  * Prime Minister: Mercedes Aráoz
  
  ## Events
  
  * 2 January – The 2018 Pasamayo bus crash, killing at least 48.
  * 14 January – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Peru.
  * 23 March – First Vice President Martín Vizcarra becomes new President of Peru after resignation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
  * 24 April – 2018 Lima fire attack, causes 10 to be injured and 1 death.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * José Sabogal Wiesse: Agricultura tradicional yunga (Yunga traditional agriculture).
  
  ### Story
  
  * Gabriela Cuba Espinoza: Sólo humanos (Only human).
  
  ### Anthology
  
  * Gloria Mendoza Borda (anthologist): Un otoño azul (A blue autumn).
  
  ## Cinema
  
  * Todos somos marineros (We are all sailors) by Miguel Ángel Moulet.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 17 January – Augusto Polo Campos, composer (b. 1932)
  * 19 February – Hernán Alzamora, hurdler, (b. 1927)
  * 19 February – Daniel Peredo, sports journalist (b. 1969)
  * 27 March – José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1930)
  * 5 April – Jaime Thorne León, politician, Minister of Defense (2010–2011) (b. 1943).
  * 16 July – Jaime Guardia, charango player (b. 1933)
  * 27 July – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (b. 1938)
  