Luis Cáceres Velásquez Explained

Luis Cáceres Velásquez
Office1:Member of Congress
Constituency1:Lima
Term Start1:28 July 2000
Term End1:27 July 2001
Office2:Mayor of Arequipa
Term Start2:1 January 1987
Term End2:31 December 1992
Predecessor2:Luis Bragagnini
Successor2:Sebastián Ramírez
Birth Name:José Luis Cáceres Velásquez
Birth Date:1930 12, df=y
Birth Place:Juliaca, Peru
Death Place:Arequipa, Peru
Party:National Front of Workers and Peasants (1968–1999)
Agricultural People's Front of Peru (2000)
Peru 2000 (2000)
Radical Change (2011)

Luis Cáceres Velásquez (27 December 1930 – 25 June 2021) was a Peruvian politician who served as Mayor of Arequipa, Mayor of San Román and Congressman.

Biography

He was born in Juliaca on 27 December 1930. He did his primary studies at the Colegio San Román de Juliaca and secondary at the Colegio San Francisco de Asís in Arequipa.[1]

He began his political career in the National Front of Workers and Peasants.[2]

In 1964 he was elected Provincial Mayor of San Román by the National Front of Workers and Peasants, being re-elected until 1983.[3] In 1987 he ran for Mayor of Arequipa and was elected for the 1987–1989 period. In 1990 he was re-elected Mayor of Arequipa for the period 1990–1992.[4] For 1993 municipal election he ran for mayor of Lima for Lima al 2000 party, however he was in second place after the reelection of Ricardo Belmont.[5]

In 2000 general elections he ran for Congress for Agricultural People's Front of Peru and was elected Congressman for the period 2000–2005. After being elected Congressman, Cáceres Velásquez joined the ranks of Fujimorism as a turncoat, as was his son, who was also elected Congressman amid controversy and after the fall of the Fujimori regime, his parliamentary position was reduced until 2001.[6]

In 2010, he presented himself as a candidate for the regional government of Arequipa, but his candidacy was denied.[7] In 2011 general elections he ran for Congress on behalf of Arequipa for Radical Change, however he was not elected and failed to reach seats in Congress.[8]

He died at the age of 90 in Arequipa, on 25 June 2021 from COVID-19.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Confirman el sensible fallecimiento del exalcalde de Arequipa, Luis Cáceres Velásquez . radiosantacruzjuli.com . 25 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  2. Web site: Arequipa: Luis Cáceres Velásquez y una manera práctica de hacer política . La República . 26 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  3. Web site: Falleció Luis Cáceres Velásquez, exalcalde de Arequipa y Juliaca . La República . 25 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  4. Web site: Ex alcalde Luis Cáceres ayer falleció a los 90 años de edad . Diario El Pueblo . 26 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  5. Web site: Fallece exalcalde de Arequipa y excongresista, Luis Cáceres Velásquez . Diario Correo . 25 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  6. Web site: Arequipa: falleció exalcalde y excongresista Luis Cáceres Velásquez por covid-19 . El Búho . 25 June 2021 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  7. Web site: Tacha a Luis Cáceres Velásquez se fundó en documentos falsos, afirman . RPP . Lima . 29 August 2010 . 27 June 2021 . es.
  8. News: Luis Cáceres Velásquez: la controversial y 'achorada' forma de hacer política del exalcalde de Arequipa . El Comercio . Jorge . Malpartida Tabuchi . Lima . 25 June 2021 . 26 June 2021 . es.
  9. Web site: Juliaca: Lamentan deceso de exalcalde Luis Cáceres Velásquez . radioondaazul.com . 25 June 2021 . 26 June 2021 . es.
  10. News: Falleció Luis Cáceres Velásquez, exalcalde de Arequipa y Juliaca . La República . 25 June 2021. 2 April 2023 . es.