Martín Rivas Texeira

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivas and the second or maternal family name is Texeira.

Martín Amado Rivas Texeira (born 22 January 1969) is a Peruvian politician and lawyer. He was elected as a Congressman of the Republic of Peru for the 2011–2016 period, representing the Lambayeque Department under the Nationalist-dominated Peru Wins ticket.^[1] He has been serving in Congress since March 2010 as the replacement for the disqualified Gustavo Espinoza. Rivas belongs to the Peruvian Nationalist Party.

Martín Rivas Texeira
Rivas in 2012
Member of the Congress
In office March 4, 2010 – July 26, 2016
Preceded by	Gustavo Espinoza
Constituency	Lambayeque
Personal details
Born	Martín Amado Rivas Texeira (1969-01-22) 22 January 1969 (age 55) Chiclayo, Peru
Political party	Peruvian Nationalist Party
Other political affiliations	Peru Wins (2010-2012) Union for Peru (2006)
Alma mater	University of San Martín de Porres
Profession	Lawyer

Early life and education

Rivas was born in Chiclayo, Chiclayo Province in 1969. From 1987 and 1993 he studied law at the San Martín de Porres University in Lima. From 1988 and 2000 he completed a master's degree in criminal sciences at the Pedro Ruiz Gallo National University in Chiclayo and, between 2003 and 2005, he received a doctorate in law and political science from the same university.^[2]

Political career

Early political career

Rivas first entered politics in 1998 for the local municipal elections of that year when he ran as a candidate for councilor of the province of Lambayeque, but he was not elected. In the 2006 general elections, he ran for Congress in Lambayeque on the joint Peruvian Nationalist Party-Union for Peru ticket but once again, he was unsuccessful. In the regional elections of the same year, he was a candidate of the Peruvian Nationalist Party for the regional presidency of Lambayeque, but he lost to then-Governor Yehude Simon of the Peruvian Humanist Party. In the 2011 general elections, he was elected as a congressman for Lambayeque on the ticket for the Peru Wins political alliance.^[3]

Congressional career

Rivas was summoned to the Congress in March 2010 as a replacement for the disqualified Gustavo Espinoza, to complete the latter's 2006-2011 parliamentary term.^[4] After being elected for a full term for the 2011-2016 parliamentary period, he participated in the formulation of 314 bills,^[5] of which 55 were promulgated as laws of the republic.^[6] He would be elected to a full-term in the 2011 general elections, representing the Lambayeque Department under the Nationalist-dominated Peru Wins ticket.

Post-congressional career

In 2020, Rivas announced that he would once again be running for a seat in Congress, under the Peruvian Nationalist Party running in the Lambayeque Department in the upcoming 2021 general election.^[7]

References

1. "Martín Amado Rivas Teixeira: Cargos en el Congreso" (in Spanish). Congreso de la República. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
2. "DECLARACIÓN JURADA DE VIDA DEL CANDIDATO" (in Spanish). Infogob. 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
3. "POLÍTICOS: MARTIN AMADO RIVAS TEIXEIRA" (in Spanish). Infogob. 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
4. "Juramentó nuevo congresista nacionalista Martín Amado Rivas Texeira" (in Spanish). RPP News. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
5. "Martín Amado Rivas Teixeira: Proyectos de ley" (in Spanish). Congreso de la República. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
6. "Martín Amado Rivas Teixeira: Leyes aprobadas" (in Spanish). Congreso de la República. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
7. "Candidatos Elecciones Generales 2021: Partido Nacionalista Peruano" (in Spanish). El Comercio (Peru). Retrieved 24 February 2021.