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Fernando Olivera (politician)

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Fernando Olivera Vega
Minister of Foreign Relations
In office
11 August 2005 – 13 August 2005
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterCarlos Ferrero
Preceded byManuel Rodríguez Cuadros
Succeeded byÓscar Maúrtua
Ambassador of Peru to Spain
In office
27 November 2002 – 11 August 2005
Preceded byCarlos Pareja Ríos
Succeeded byJosé Lecaros de Cossío
Minister of Justice
In office
28 July 2001 – 21 July 2002
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
Preceded byDiego García Sayán
Succeeded byFausto Alvarado
Member of Congress
In office
26 July 1995 – 26 July 2001
ConstituencyNational
Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress
In office
26 November 1992 – 26 July 1995
ConstituencyNational
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 July 1985 – 5 April 1992
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Born
Luis Fernando Olivera Vega

(1958-07-26) 26 July 1958 (age 66)
Lima, Peru
NationalityPeru Peru
Political partyFront of Hope 2021 (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations
Hope Front (2015-2016)
Independent (2006-2015)
Independent Moralizing Front (1990-2006)
Christian People's Party (1985-1990)
SpouseRocío Grases Miró-Quesada
ChildrenMaria Fernanda Olivera Grases (daughter)
Tamara Olivera Grases (daughter)[1]
Parents
  • Luis Olivera Balmaceda (father)
  • Zoila Vega Zavala (mother)
Alma materUniversity of the Pacific
OccupationPolitician

Luis Fernando Olivera Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌlwis feɾˌnãn̪.d̪o o.liˌβ̞e.ɾa ˈβ̞e.ɣ̞a]; born 26 July 1958) is a Peruvian politician and leader of Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), a Peruvian political party.[2]

Biography

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Fernando Olivera (also known as Popy, after a popular 80's clown) gained some support after the fall of the Fujimori government as an anti-corruption figure, having made secret tapes public showing Fujimori's advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing money to Congressmen Alberto Kouri, politicians and members of the media to join Fujimori's Peru 2000 party.

He and his party also have a history of confrontation with Alan García and APRA. FIM has also been ruling party Peru Possible's main ally during Alejandro Toledo's government. In September 2002, he was appointed Ambassador of Peru to Spain,[3] a position he held until August 11, 2005. Recently, his party has been weakened due to a scandal that cost him his office as ambassador to Spain. The dismissal was allegedly due to inefficiency during his office. His designation as Minister of Foreign Affairs was very controversial, due to his lack of experience as a diplomat and his reputation for being conflictive, forcing him to resign.[4][5]

He was registered as FIM's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election until 8 February 2006, when he dropped out of the race to lead the party's Congressional candidate list. His presidential campaign had been very unsuccessful, getting at most a couple percent of support nationwide, according to all public opinion polls since the official start of the electoral race in January.[citation needed]

In 2015, he presented his candidacy for the 2016 general elections of Peru, for the Hope Front party, with Carlos Cuaresma and Juana Avellaneda as his candidates for First and Second Vice Presidents. Once the elections were held, they reached 203, 103 votes. Given that the electoral threshold is 5%, the party failed to cross the 5% threshold and lost its registration in the National Elections Jury.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Luis Fernando Olivera Vega".
  2. ^ "Peru president sacks government". BBC Online. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Lima designa al ex ministro Fernando Olivera nuevo embajador de Perú en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 October 2002. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Renuncia el gabinete de Perú tras el nombramiento como canciller del ex embajador en España". 12 August 2005.
  5. ^ "La renuncia del canciller peruano deja a Toledo sin su único aliado - internacional - elmundo.es".
  6. ^ Angulo, Wilfredo (10 April 2016). "Cinco partidos no habrían pasado valla electoral y perderían inscripción". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2021.