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== Peru ==
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Under the [[Constitution of Peru|Peruvian Constitution of 1993]], the [[president of Peru]] has the authority to dissolve the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress of Peru]] if a vote of no confidence is passed three times by the legislative body, and has four months to call for new parliamentary elections or faces impeachment.

The Congress of Peru has been dissolved twice; once in 1992 by President [[Alberto Fujimori]] who performed an [[Coup d'état|auto-coup]] in April 1992 by dismantling both the legislative and judicial branches of government, and once by incumbent President [[Martín Vizcarra]], who [[2019–2020 Peruvian constitutional crisis|dissolved the Congress]] in October 2019 in an effort to end the [[2017–2021 Peruvian political crisis]].

Both of the presidents were immediately impeached and removed from office by the dissolved Congress, thus being illegitimate.

On 7 December 2022 the President of Peru [[2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt|attempted to dissolve Congress]] but was impeached.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Peru's president dissolves Congress, which then votes in VP |url=https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-government-pedro-castillo-62923886f7c53b1dcceb0db84cb09888 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Peru's president dissolves congress hours before impeachment vote |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/peru-parliament-dissolved-impeachment-vote-coup-fears |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>