Fredy Rolando Otárola Peñaranda (born 5 May 1961) is a

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vian lawyer, notary and politician ( PNP). He was a former

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representing the

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between 2006 and 2016. He served as Minister of Labour and Employment from 2014 to 2015 and briefly as

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in 2015 during the administration of

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Early life, education and career

He was born in the city of Huaraz where he continued his primary studies at the Antonio Raimondi and Jorge Basadre schools; and the secondary ones, in the Mariscal Luzuriaga of the same city. He graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de San Martín de Porres in Lima in 1986 and later specialized in Commercial Civil Law at the

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. From 1991 to 1993, he was head of the office of public records of

. From 1998 to 2006, he practised as a notary.

Political career

Early political career

In the 1998 municipal elections, he ran for District Mayor of

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, but he was not elected, placing fourth.

Congressman

Eight years later, after his failed bid for the District Mayoralty of Huaraz, in the

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, he ran for

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, and was elected on the joint

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ticket, representing the

. After the alliance split, Otárola sat in the Nationalist bench in Congress. From 2008 to 2009, he was the national spokesman of the

. In the 2011 elections, he was reelected for another five-year term, this time on the Nationalists-dominated

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list.

President of the Congress

In 2013, Otárola was elected President of the Congress for the annual legislative term 2013–2014. During his tenure, Congress finally renewed the Constitutional Tribunal and the Board of the Directors of the

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. His term ended on 22 July 2014, in which, he was appointed

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by President Ollanta Humala.

Minister of Labour

President

appointed Otárola as

on 22 July 2014, replacing Ana Jara, who was appointed

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. He was replaced in the Presidency of the Congress by Second Vice President Luis Iberico Núñez for just a few days until the new election for President of Congress for the 2014–2015 term. His term ended on 17 February 2015, where he was transferred to head the

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Minister of Justice

In February 2015, he was transferred to the

and briefly served as Minister of Justice until April 2015, when Ana Jara was censured by Congress.

Controversies

In June 2015, Otárola was assaulted by a taxi driver.

References

External links

Official Congressional site (2006-2011 term)

Congressional site (2011-2016 term)

Resume on the National Jury of Elections (JNE) site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Otarola, Fredy Living people 1961 births Peruvian Nationalist Party politicians Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Justice ministers of Peru University of San Martín de Porres alumni People from the Department of Ancash