Alejandro Cavero
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Alejandro Cavero | |
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| Third Vice President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2024 | |
| President | Eduardo Salhuana |
| Preceded by | Rosselli Amuruz |
| Member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva 6 June 1992 |
| Party | Go on Country – Social Integration Party |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB) |
Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva (born 6 June 1992) is a Peruvian politician who has been a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru as a member of the Go on Country – Social Integration Party since 2021.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva[1] was born in Lima, Peru,[2] on 6 June 1992.[1] He graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru as a lawyer.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]During the 2011 election Cavero worked on Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's youth campaign. He was a journalist that covered politics for El Comercio.[2]
In the 2021 election Cavero won a seat in the Congress of the Republic of Peru from the Lima province as a member of the Go on Country – Social Integration Party.[1] He was selected to serve as Third Vice President.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Cavero is an homosexual.[4] On 1 December 2024, he was assaulted at the Lima Art Museum after taking a phone away from an attendee that was harassing him.[5]
Political positions
[edit | edit source]Cavero is opposed to compulsory voting stating that it increases the amount of uninformed voters.[2] In response to prison overcrowding in most of Peru's prisons, Cavero proposed privatising prisons.[6]
Cavero stated that he is right-wing. He supports the far-right Spanish political party Vox.[4] He called for Peru to recognise Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela after the 2024 presidential election.[3]
Cavero supports equality for LGBTQ people on both moral and economic perspectives.[4] In 2022, he proposed legislation to recognise civil unions, but placed limitations on same-sex adoption except in the case in which one of the partners has a child that does not have another parent.[7][8]
Electoral history
[edit | edit source]| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| 2021 | Member of Congress | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | 14 | Lima Metropolitan Area | 30,242 | 10.79% | 3rd[a] | Elected | [9] | |
- ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Spanish)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c National Jury of Elections.
- ^ a b c d Sugobono 2021.
- ^ a b Alejandro Cavero exhorta a Dina Boluarte reconocer a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela 2025.
- ^ a b c Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha" 2021.
- ^ Ricci 2024.
- ^ Cavero propone privatización de la gestión carcelaria 2025.
- ^ Arroyo 2022.
- ^ León 2022.
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Works cited
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