Víctor Espinoza Peña Explained

Víctor Espinoza Peña
Birth Date:	25 May 1947
Birth Place:	Pucusana, Peru
Party:	APP
Term Start:	29 June 2020
Term End:	1 March 2021
Successor:	Lidia Carrillo Véliz
Office2:	Deputy District Mayor of Pucusana
Term Start2:	1 January 2019
Term End2:	28 June 2020
Predecessor2:	Evaristo Sarmiento Sobrado
Successor2:	Lidia Carrillo Véliz

Víctor Espinoza Peña (25 May 1947 – 1 March 2021) was a Peruvian politician and fisherman.^[1]

Biography

Born in Pucusana, Espinoza Peña finished his primary studies and became an artisanal fisherman. He was elected Deputy District Mayor of Pucusana in the 2018 Lima municipal election alongside Mayor of the Alliance for Progress party.^[2] He became Mayor after Navarro died from COVID-19 on 28 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.^[3]

On 6 February 2021, Espinoza Peña reported that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He died on 1 March 2021, the second mayor of Pucusana to die from the virus.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pucusana pierde por su segunda vez a su alcalde a causa del coronavirus. 1 March 2021. Perú21. Spanish.
2. Web site: Victor Eloy Espinoza Peña. Infogob. Spanish.
3. Web site: El alcalde de Pucusana, Luis Pascual Chauca, murió víctima del COVID-19. 28 June 2020. Canal N. Spanish.
4. Web site: Fallece el alcalde de Pucusana, Víctor Espinoza Peña, a causa de la COVID-19. 1 March 2021. La República. Spanish.
5. News: Pucusana pierde a su alcalde por segunda vez a causa del COVID-19. 1 March 2021. El Comercio. Spanish.