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About
Peruvian lawyer, attorney, and politician who is known for being a member of the Popular Action party, serving as a Congressman representing Lima from the year 2006 to the year 2019, and holding the position of President of Popular Action from the year 2004 to the year 2009.
Before Fame
He studied law at the University of Valladolid in Spain. He attended the National University of San Marcos in Peru and earned his degree in the year 1975.
Trivia
He ran for the presidency of Peru in the 2000 general election, but he only placed ninth with 0.4% of the vote. In the 2011 general election, he was re-elected on the list of the Possible Peru Alliance, where his Popular Action party has now integrated.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Lima, Peru. He was born Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde. His great-grandfather was a three-time interim President of Peru in the 1860s. His grandfather was a President of the United Nations General Assembly, and his uncle was a twice-elected President of Peru. His brother José Antonio García Belaúnde served as the foreign minister and another brother, Domingo García Belaúnde, is a prominent lawyer and constitutionalist.
Associated With
He was re-elected to the Peruvian Congress multiple times and served until the dissolution of Congress in 2019 by President Martín Vizcarra.
