Andrés Reggiardo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Congress | |
| In office July 26, 1995 – July 26, 2001 | |
| Constituency | National |
| Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress | |
| In office November 26, 1992 – July 26, 1995 | |
| Constituency | National |
| President of the Peru Secure Homeland | |
| Assumed office September 26, 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oscar Andrés Reggiardo Sayan 11 May 1941 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Peru Secure Homeland (2013–present) Cambio 90 (until 2013) |
| Children | Renzo Reggiardo |
| Alma mater | National Agrarian University - La Molina Colegio San Agustín |
| Profession | Politician |
Oscar Andrés Reggiardo Sayan (born 11 May 1941) is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician and former congressman of Italian descent. His son Renzo Reggiardo also served as a Congressman for Lima for two terms between 2006 and 2016.
Biography
He was born in Lima, the son of Andres Reggiardo Rossi and Emilia Sayán.
He completed his school studies at the Colegio San Agustín in the city of Lima.
He entered the La Molina National Agrarian University where he studied Zootechnical Engineering. He completed a master's degree in Food Technology at the State University of Campinas in São Paulo.
From 1991 to 1992 he was Head of the National Planning Institute, during the government of Alberto Fujimori.
He worked for the project of the Quinoa Experimental Center of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bolivia.
He has been a researcher for the OAS multinational Food Technology project.
He was General Manager of the R-3-H mills.
In the academic field, he has taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, the Universidad del Altiplano and the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina.
Political career
Early political career
In the 1990 elections, Reggiardo ran for deputy for Lima under the Cambio 90 party, but he was not elected as the party only attained 32 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
Constituent congressman
In the 1992 Democratic Constituent Congress election, Reggiardo ran for a seat in the Democratic Constituent Congress, and was elected. He served as a Constituent Congressman between 1992 and 1995 in which he was elected under the Cambio 90-New Majority alliance of then-President Alberto Fujimori. During his term in the Democratic Constituent Congress, he served as the Third Vice President of the Constituent Congress from 1994 to 1995.
Congressional career
In the 1995 elections, he was elected as a member of the newly unicameral Congress under the Cambio 90-New Majority alliance and was re-elected in the 2000 elections under the Fujimorist Peru 2000 coalition and served until 2001 due to President Alberto Fujimori's resignation and in the 2001 elections, he lost his seat when he attempted to retain his seat by running in the constituency of Lima, but was not elected as he attained a low number of votes.
Post-congressional career
In 2013, he and his son Renzo founded the Peru Secure Homeland, the successor of Cambio 90. In 2020, he is part of the presidential ticket of Rafael Santos for the 2021 general elections under the Peru Secure Homeland in which, he founded and is running for Second Vice President.[1]
References
- ↑ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Elecciones 2021: Conoce a los precandidatos a la presidencia que van a las internas hoy". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2020.