Enrique Wong Pujada Explained

Enrique Wong Pujada
Office:Member of Congress
Term Start:26 July 2021
Term End:13 July 2024
Constituency:Callao
Term Start2:26 July 2011
Term End2:26 July 2016
Constituency2:Callao
Office3:Second Vice President of Congress
President3:Maricarmen Alva
Term Start3:26 July 2021
Term End3:26 July 2022
Predecessor3:Luis Roel
Successor3:Digna Calle
Office4:San Martín de Porres District Councilman
Term Start4:1 January 1999
Term End4:31 December 2002
Office5:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Constituency5:Callao
Term Start5:26 July 1985
Term End5:26 July 1990
Office6:Callao Province Councilman
Term Start6:1 January 1981
Term End6:31 December 1983
Birth Name:Enrique Wong Pujada
Birth Date:26 June 1941
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Death Place:Lima, Peru
Party:Podemos Perú (2018–2024)
Otherparty:National Solidarity (2013–2016)
Alliance for the Great Change (non-affiliated / until 2013)
National Justice (2006)
Vamos Vecino (1990s–2000s)
Peruvian Aprista Party (1980s–1990s)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Medical doctor
Alma Mater:Escuela Superior Médica de México

Enrique Wong Pujada (26 June 1941 – 13 July 2024) was a Peruvian politician of Chinese descent. He was elected as a Congressman of the Republic of Peru in the 2011 elections for the 2011–2016 term, representing Callao. He was elected under the Alliance for the Great Change ticket and later left and joined National Solidarity.[1] [2] He was previously a Deputy representing Callao from 1985 to 1990. He was previously a District Councilor representing San Martín de Porres from 1999 to 2002, elected under the Fujimorist Vamos Vecino of Alberto Fujimori. In the 2018 regional elections, he ran for Regional Governor of Callao under the newly Podemos Perú party, but he was not elected, attaining only 3.6% of the vote.

In 1998 he was elected district councilor of San Martín de Porres by the Vamos Vecino movement, a position he held between 1999 and 2002.

In the 2002 regional elections, he unsuccessfully ran for the position of Callao regional councilor for the Independent Movement Chim Pum Callao.

In the general elections of 2006 he ran for Congress for the National Justice party, without being elected. Nor was his candidacy for the provincial mayor of Callao successful in the 2010 regional elections, running for the Mi Callao movement, and losing the elections again, this time against Juan Sotomayor García.

In 1966 he graduated as a doctor at the Medical School of Mexico, and in 1972 he completed a postgraduate degree in internal medicine at the Mexican Institute of Social Security. He served as general manager of his family-founded clinic in San Martín de Porres, Lima, between 2003 and 2009.

Wong died from cancer in Lima, on 13 July 2024, at the age of 83.[3] [4]

Controversy

In 2011 Wong was accused by his sister of mismanaging his family clinic for personal gain and tax avoidance.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://200.37.211.183/pecaoe2011/public/verhojadevida.aspx?ID_CANDIDATO=119879&ID_ORG_POLITICA=2154/ www.jne.gob.pe
  2. http://pedrovilacapaza.blogspot.com/2011/04/callao-congresistas-electos-2011-2016.html/ Callao, congresistas electos 2011
  3. News: Enrique Wong, congresista de Podemos Perú, falleció a los 83 años . 13 July 2024 . El Comercio . 13 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Congress in mourning: Congressman Enrique Wong Pujada passed away . . 15 July 2024 . 13 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Hermana del legislador Wong lo acusa de malos manejos en clínica familiar (Sister of legislator Wong accuses him of mismanagement in family clinic). La República. 25 September 2011. 31 December 2017. Spanish.