Fernando_Olivera_(politician)

Fernando Olivera (politician)

Fernando Olivera (politician)

Peruvian politician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olivera and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

Luis Fernando Olivera Vega (born 26 July 1958) is a Peruvian politician and leader of Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), a Peruvian political party.[2]

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Biography

Fernando Olivera (also known as Popy, after a popular 80's clown) gained some support after the fall of the Fujimori government as an anti-corruption figure, having made secret tapes public showing Fujimori's advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing money to Congressmen Alberto Kouri, politicians and members of the media to join Fujimori's Peru 2000 party.

He and his party also have a history of confrontation with Alan García and APRA. FIM has also been ruling party Peru Possible's main ally during Alejandro Toledo's government. In September 2002, he was appointed Ambassador of Peru to Spain,[3] a position he held until August 11, 2005. Recently, his party has been weakened due to a scandal that cost him his office as ambassador to Spain. The dismissal was allegedly due to inefficiency during his office. His designation as Minister of Foreign Affairs was very controversial, due to his lack of experience as a diplomat and his reputation for being conflictive, forcing him to resign.[4][5]

He was registered as FIM's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election until 8 February 2006, when he dropped out of the race to lead the party's Congressional candidate list. His presidential campaign had been very unsuccessful, getting at most a couple percent of support nationwide, according to all public opinion polls since the official start of the electoral race in January.[citation needed]

In 2015, he presented his candidacy for the 2016 general elections of Peru, for the Hope Front party, with Carlos Cuaresma and Juana Avellaneda as his candidates for First and Second Vice Presidents. Once the elections were held, they reached 203, 103 votes. Given that the electoral threshold is 5%, the party failed to cross the 5% threshold and lost its registration in the National Elections Jury.[6]

References

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    "Luis Fernando Olivera Vega".
  2. [2]
    "Peru president sacks government". BBC Online. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Lima designa al ex ministro Fernando Olivera nuevo embajador de Perú en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 October 2002. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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    "Renuncia el gabinete de Perú tras el nombramiento como canciller del ex embajador en España". 12 August 2005.
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    "La renuncia del canciller peruano deja a Toledo sin su único aliado - internacional - elmundo.es".
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    Angulo, Wilfredo (10 April 2016). "Cinco partidos no habrían pasado valla electoral y perderían inscripción". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2021.


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