| Luis Valdez Farías | |
| Office: | Interim President of Congress |
| Term Start: | 10 November 2020 |
| Term End: | 15 November 2020 |
| Vicepresident: | Guillermo Aliaga María Teresa Cabrera |
| Predecessor: | Manuel Merino |
| Successor: | Rocío Silva Santisteban (acting) |
| Office1: | First Vice President of Congress |
| Term Start1: | 16 March 2020 |
| Term End1: | 15 November 2020 |
| President1: | Manuel Merino |
| Predecessor1: | Karina Beteta |
| Successor1: | José Luis Ancalle (acting) |
| Office2: | Member of Congress |
| Term Start2: | 16 March 2020 |
| Term End2: | 26 July 2021 |
| Constituency2: | La Libertad |
| Order4: | 4th Governor of La Libertad Region |
| Lieutenant4: | Julio Manuel Miyamoto Saito |
| Term Start4: | 12 October 2015 |
| Term End4: | 31 December 2018 |
| Predecessor4: | César Acuña Peralta |
| Successor4: | Manuel Llempén Coronel |
| Office5: | 4th Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region |
| Governor5: | César Acuña Peralta |
| Term Start5: | 1 January 2015 |
| Term End5: | 12 October 2015 |
| Predecessor5: | Mónica Sánchez Minchola |
| Successor5: | Juan Manuel Miyamoto Saito |
| Office3: | Secretary General of Alliance for Progress |
| Term Start3: | 18 October 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Luis Iberico Núñez |
| Birth Name: | Luis Alberto Valdez Farías |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Bellavista, Piura, Peru |
| Party: | Alliance for Progress (2013–present) |
| Alma Mater: | César Vallejo University (LL.B.) National University of Trujillo (M.A.) |
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]
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.
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]
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]
On party level, he serves as Secretary General of Alliance for Progress since October 2019.