Luis Galarreta

Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde (born March 12, 1971) is a Peruvian politician who served as a congressman of the republic in representation of Lima Metropolitan Area for three consecutive periods: 2006-2011, 2011-2016, 2016-2020.

He also was president of the Congress of the Republic between July 26, 2017 and July 26, 2018.

 Early life and education 
Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde was born on March 12, 1971 in Lima. Son of Aníbal Galarreta, a native of the La Libertad region and Rita Velarde from Lima. According to him, he told the Extraordinary program in 2013, his mother took the pill Thalidomide, which was used to relieve nausea in pregnant women. Currently, the drug is prohibited from being marketed because it was found to cause abnormalities in the extremities of fetuses.

He studied Law and Political Science at the University of San Martín de Porres (1990 - 1997).

 Political career 

 Congressman 
In the 2006 election, he was elected to Congress for the 2006–2011 term for the same group. He was the President of Peru in 2018, following the resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. He left the Christian People’s Party in 2015 and joined the Fujimorist Popular Force.

 Post-congressional term and 2021 election campaign 
On October 30, 2020, Keiko Fujimori, announced through her Twitter account that she made her presidential candidacy official with Galarreta for the first vice presidency and the former Lima Lieutenant Mayor Patricia Juárez Gallegos for the second vice presidency. At the same time, he ran for a seat in the Andean Parliament.

References

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Politicians from Lima