Ulises Humala Tasso (born 2 March 1959 in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

) is a Peruvian professor at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and a politician who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 election on the Avanza País ticket. He was running against his brother,

Ollanta Humala Lieutenant colonel Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. Originally a socialist and left-wing nationalist, he is considered t ...

, and 18 other candidates.Padre de Humala apoya amnistía para Abimael Guzmán y Víctor Polay
, terra.com.pe, 17 March 2006, retrieved 9 July 2011 Ulises received 0.2% of the vote, coming in 14th place. Like his brother Ollanta, Ulises Humala considers himself to be a nationalist. However, he claims to be less radical. He also considers the current 1993 constitution, produced in the "

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" after

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's self-coup and during the

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, to be illegal. One of his other brothers,

Antauro Humala Antauro Igor Humala Tasso (born 29 June 1963) is a Peruvian ethnocacerist, a former army major, and nationalist leader. Early life Antauro Igor Humala Tasso was born in Lima, on June 29, 1963. Son of lawyers Isaac Humala and Elena Tasso. He ...

, is currently in prison for leading a failed military rebellion.Boesten, Jelke (2010) ''Intersecting Inequalities: Women and Social Policy in Peru, 1990–2000'', The Pennsylvania State University Press, , p. 141 The other brother,

, served as the 65th

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Ulises Living people Peruvian politicians of Quechua descent Go on Country politicians Candidates for President of Peru Peruvian people of Italian descent 1959 births {{Peru-politician-stub