Luis Valdez Farías

Luis Alberto Valdez Farías (born 2 April 1979) is a Peruvian politician. He is a Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2020 to 2021 term. He is a member of the Alliance for Progress party.[1]

Luis Valdez Farías
President of Congress
In office
10 November 2020 – 15 November 2020
Vice PresidentGuillermo Aliaga
María Teresa Cabrera
Preceded byManuel Merino
Succeeded byRocío Silva-Santisteban (Acting)
First Vice President of Congress
In office
16 March 2020 – 10 November 2020
PresidentManuel Merino
Preceded byKarina Beteta
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Congress
In office
16 March 2020 – 10 November 2020
ConstituencyLa Libertad
4th Governor of La Libertad Region
In office
12 October 2015 – 31 December 2018
LieutenantJulio Manuel Miyamoto Saito
Preceded byCésar Acuña Peralta
Succeeded byManuel Llempén Coronel
4th Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region
In office
1 January 2015 – 12 October 2015
GovernorCésar Acuña Peralta
Preceded byMónica Sánchez Minchola
Succeeded byJuan Manuel Miyamoto Saito
Secretary General of Alliance for Progress
Assumed office
18 October 2019
Preceded byLuis Iberico Núñez
Personal details
Born
Luis Alberto Valdez Farías

(1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45)
Bellavista, Piura, Peru
Political partyAlliance for Progress (2013–present)
Alma materCésar Vallejo University (LLB)
National University of Trujillo (MA)

He was Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region throughout 2015 until governor César Acuña Peralta resigned in order to run for President of Peru in the 2016 Peruvian general election.

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.[2]

References

  1. "Valdez Farías, Luis Alberto".
  2. "Los 105 congresistas que votaron a favor de la vacancia de Vizcarra". canaln.pe (in español). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-22.