Luis Alberto Valdez Farías (born 2 April 1979) is a Peruvian politician. He is a Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2020–2021 term, and belongs to the Alliance for Progress party.[1]
Luis Valdez Farías | |
|---|---|
| Interim President of Congress | |
| In office 10 November 2020 – 15 November 2020 | |
| Vice President | Guillermo Aliaga María Teresa Cabrera |
| Preceded by | Manuel Merino |
| Succeeded by | Rocío Silva Santisteban (acting) |
| First Vice President of Congress | |
| In office 16 March 2020 – 15 November 2020 | |
| President | Manuel Merino |
| Preceded by | Karina Beteta |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Ancalle (acting) |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 16 March 2020 – 26 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | La Libertad |
| Secretary General of Alliance for Progress | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Iberico Núñez |
| 4th Governor of La Libertad Region | |
| In office 12 October 2015 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Lieutenant | Julio Manuel Miyamoto Saito |
| Preceded by | César Acuña Peralta |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Llempén Coronel |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 12 October 2015 | |
| Governor | César Acuña Peralta |
| Preceded by | Mónica Sánchez Minchola |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Miyamoto Saito |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Alberto Valdez Farías 2 April 1979 Bellavista, Piura, Peru |
| Political party | Alliance for Progress (2013–present) |
| Alma mater | César Vallejo University (LL.B.) National University of Trujillo (M.A.) |
Biography
editValdez Farías is a lawyer from the César Vallejo University. He has a master's degree in law with a Mention in Labor Law and Social Security from the National University of Trujillo.
He worked in the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo as Municipal Manager between 2010 and 2014 and Manager of Legal Advice between 2007 and 2010. He was an advisor to the César Vallejo University between 2000 and 2014.
Political career
editLieutenant Governor of La Libertad and Governor of La Libertad
editEntering politics in the 2014 regional elections, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region and served from January 2015 until governor César Acuña Peralta resigned in October 2015, in order to run for president in the 2016 general election under the Alliance for the Progress of Peru coalition in which, he was disqualified on 9 March 2016. He thus served as Governor throughout the 2015–2018 term and left office on 31 December 2018.[2]
Congressman
editIn the 2020 snap elections, Valdez was elected to Congress, representing the La Libertad Region. Valdez served as the Interim President of Congress from 10 to 15 November 2020, following the removal of the previous President, Martín Vizcarra the subsequent constitutional succession of Manuel Merino to that position, which required him leaving office as the President of Congress. As his first deputy, Valdez assumed the position in an acting capacity.
During the second presidential vacancy process against Vizcarra, Valdéz voted in favor of the declaration of moral incapacity against Martín Vizcarra. The vacancy was approved by 105 parliamentarians on November 9, 2020.[3]
Party politics
editOn party level, he serves as Secretary General of Alliance for Progress since October 2019.
References
edit- ^ "Valdez Farías, Luis Alberto".
- ^ LR, Redacción (2015-10-07). "Acuña renunció como gobernador para postular a la presidencia del Perú". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Los 105 congresistas que votaron a favor de la vacancia de Vizcarra". canaln.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
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