Wilson Michael Urtecho Medina (born 6 November 1969) is a

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vian engineer and politician, belonging to the National Solidarity and is a former

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representing the Region of La Libertad from 2006 until he was disqualified in December 2013, and he was banned from holding public office for a ten-year period . Urtecho was diagnosed with

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as a child and uses a wheelchair.

Education and career

He completed his primary, secondary and tertiary studies. Then he studied Chemical Engineering obtaining an engineering degree from the

National University of Trujillo The National University of Trujillo ( es, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo) (UNT) is a major public university located in Trujillo, Peru, capital of the department of La Libertad. The university was founded by Simón Bolívar and José Faustin ...

. Urtecho holds a Master in

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. After his graduation, he started working as head of informatics of the La Libertad regional government and parallel as a consultant for the ''Institute for Disasters and Environment''. In 2003, he changed to the

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special

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project, where he worked as an informatic engineer until he entered politics in 2006.

Political career

Early political career

In 2000, Urtecho joined the conservative National Renewal party of

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, where he acted as a regional delegate for La Libertad. He ran for a seat in the elections of that year under the Avancemos alliance, but he was not elected. The following year, in the

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, he once again ran for a seat in Congress, under the

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list, representing La Libertad, but he was not elected once again.

Congressman

In the

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, he was elected to

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for the 2006–2011 term on the joint center-right

list. In March 2010, he left the National Renewal to join the National Solidarity Party (PSN) of Lima's mayor

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. He became the regional political coordinator of that party in La Libertad. Urtecho was re-elected in the

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for another five-year term this time, on the

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. While he was in congress he was chairman of the ''Special Commission for Disability'' (CODIS). He served as Second Vice President of Congress during the 2009–2010 annual term and as Third Vice President of the Congress during the 2012–2013 annual term.

Disqualification

In September 2013, former staff members accused Urtecho of failing to pay them for work they had done. Urtecho stood down from the congressional ethics committee while an investigation was launched. A separate investigation into Urtecho's income commenced shortly after, following allegations of financial irregularities stemming from his personal spending habits. The final report published by the ethics committee called for Urtecho's suspension for illegal embellishment. In December 2013, the Congress voted to approve his

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and banned him from holding public office for a ten-year period. He was replaced in office by Carmen Rosa Núñez.

References

External links

Official Congressional profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urtecho, Wilson Living people People from Trujillo, Peru National Solidarity Party (Peru) politicians Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru 1969 births National Unity (Peru) politicians National Renewal (Peru) politicians Peruvian people with disabilities People from La Libertad Region People from Trujillo Province, Peru