Oscar Andrés Reggiardo Sayan (born 11 May 1941) is a

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Fujimorist Fujimorism () denotes the policies and the political ideology of former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori as well as the personality cult built around him, his policies and his family. The ideology is defined by authoritarianism, its support for ...

politician and former congressman of

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descent. His son

Renzo Reggiardo Renzo Andrés Reggiardo Barreto (born 1 July 1972) is a Peruvian politician from Popular Renewal, businessman and a former Congressman representing the constituency of Lima for two terms, between 2006 and 2016. In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for ...

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 The National Agrarian University, also formally called National Agrarian University – La Molina (Spanish: ''Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina'') (UNALM), is a public university in Lima, Peru. It is the country's best university in the fi ...

where he studied Zootechnical Engineering. He completed a Master's Degree in Food Technology at the

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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

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, the Universidad del Altiplano and the

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina The National Agrarian University, also formally called National Agrarian University – La Molina (Spanish: ''Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina'') (UNALM), is a public university in Lima, Peru. It is the country's best university in the fi ...

Political career

Early political career

In the 1990 elections, Reggiardo ran for deputy for

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under the

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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

- New Majority alliance of then-President

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto ( or ; born 28 July 1938) is a Peruvian politician, professor and former engineer who was President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until 22 November 2000. Frequently described as a dictator, * * * * * * he remains a ...

. 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

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under the

- New Majority alliance and was re-elected in the

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under the

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coalition and served until 2001 due to President

's resignation and in the

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, he lost his seat when he attempted to retain his seat by running in the constituency of

, but was not elected as he attained a low number of votes.

Post-congressional career

In 2013, he and his son Renzo founded the

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, the successor of Cambio 90. In 2020, he is part of the presidential ticket of Rafael Santos for the 2021 general elections under the

in which, he founded and is running for Second Vice President.

References

Fujimorista politicians 1941 births Living people Politicians from Lima Peruvian people of Italian descent Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Members of the Democratic Constituent Congress 20th-century Peruvian politicians 21st-century Peruvian politicians {{Peru-politician-stub