Peruvian Prime Minister resigns four days after being appointed.
President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he would reorganize the cabinet.
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer confirmed on Saturday that he is resigning just four days after being appointed to the post, following allegations that he beat his daughter and his late wife, creating a new leadership vacuum in the Andean nation.
President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he would reorganize the Cabinet in light of the allegations, but did not address whether Valer would step down.
Castillo must now name his fourth cabinet in just six months, which he says will incorporate representatives from various political groups. It is unclear when an announcement will be made.
Castillo, a former professor and member of a Marxist-Leninist party, has been moving increasingly to the right since taking office last July.
His first prime minister was a far-left party leader, who was replaced in October by a moderate left-wing politician, before Castillo appointed Valer this week.
Valer is a conservative legislator and Catholic who ran with a right-wing party before defecting to join a congressional bloc that is friendly to Castillo.
The Prime Minister of Peru is a powerful figure. The Prime Minister is the President's principal advisor and presides over and helps appoint the rest of the Cabinet.