Luis Galarreta

Luis Galarreta
Luis Galarreta
Acting Secretary General of Popular Force
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 5, 2019
President	Keiko Fujimori
Preceded by	Luz Salgado
Deputy Secretary General of Popular Force
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 7, 2018
President	Keiko Fujimori
Preceded by	Miguel Torres Morales
President of Congress
	In office; July 26, 2017 – July 26, 2018
Preceded by	Luz Salgado
Succeeded by	Daniel Salaverry
Member of Congress
	In office; July 26, 2006 – September 30, 2019
Constituency	Lima
Lima City Councilman
	In office; January 1, 2003 – July 26, 2006
Personal details
Born	March 12, 1971 (age 53); Lima, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Popular Force (2008-present)
Other political; affiliations	Christian People's Party (2010-2015); National Renewal (2004–2009)
Alma mater	University of San Martín de Porres (LLB)

Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde (born March 12, 1971) is a Peruvian politician (Popular Force) and a Congressman representing Lima.^[1]^[2]

Luis Galarreta was born without arms, due to his mother being prescribed thalidomide during her pregnancy. Galarreta holds a Bachelor in Law and political science. From 1997 on he was committed to the NPO "Pro Education" of conservative National Renewal (RN) party leader Rafael Rey. He also joined Rey's party, the RN. In 1999 he represented the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disability adjunct to the Labour Ministry. In 2002 he was elected councillor of Lima for a four-year term representing the National Unity (UN) alliance.

In 2006 he was elected to Congress for the 2006–2011 term for the same group. When the UN broke in 2008, Galarreta decided to stay on the National Unity bench, now congruent with the Christian People's Party (PPC). Consequently, he left the RN and later he was a member of the Political Commission of the PPC. In the election 2011, he was re-elected for another five-year term on the ticket of the Alliance for the Great Change, to which the Christian democrats now belong. Five years later, he was re-elected for 2016–2021 term on the ticket of the conservative Fujimorista political party Popular Force. He briefly served as the President of Peru followed the resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

References

^ Martínez, Sebastian Ortiz (2019-04-21). "Luis Galarreta: "Fue un error gravísimo querer 'desalbertizar' a Fuerza Popular"". El Comercio (in Spanish). El Comercio (Peru). Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ PERÚ21, Redacción (2019-04-15). "Fuerza Popular trabajará por la libertad de sus líderes tras su relanzamiento". Peru21 (in Spanish). Perú.21. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] Martínez, Sebastian Ortiz (2019-04-21). "Luis Galarreta: "Fue un error gravísimo querer 'desalbertizar' a Fuerza Popular"". El Comercio (in Spanish). El Comercio (Peru). Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

[2] PERÚ21, Redacción (2019-04-15). "Fuerza Popular trabajará por la libertad de sus líderes tras su relanzamiento". Peru21 (in Spanish). Perú.21. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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