Luis Valdez Farías

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

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
Incumbent
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 (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45) Bellavista, Piura, Peru
Political party	Alliance for Progress (2013–present)
Alma mater	César Vallejo University (LL.B.) National University of Trujillo (M.A.)

Biography

Valdez 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

Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad and Governor of La Libertad

Entering 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

In 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

On party level, he serves as Secretary General of Alliance for Progress since October 2019.

References

1. "Valdez Farías, Luis Alberto".
2. LR, Redacción (2015-10-07). "Acuña renunció como gobernador para postular a la presidencia del Perú". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
3. "Los 105 congresistas que votaron a favor de la vacancia de Vizcarra". canaln.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-22.