Ricardo Belmont Casinelli is the new mayor of Lima.

Ricardo Belmont Casinelli became the new mayor of Lima on November 29, 1989. This event took place in a context of serious economic and political crisis during the APRA government of Alan García Pérez. The year 1989 was characterized by intense political violence, with 75 elected authorities assassinated (32%) and 41 political authorities appointed by the government (24%), being the year with the most assassinated authorities. The election of Belmont represents a change in Lima's municipal administration in the midst of this difficult national context.