Felipe Enrique Osterling Parodi (14 May 1932 – 30 August 2014) was a Peruvian lawyer, writer and politician. He was a member and leader of the Christian People's Party, and served in senior positions in the Peruvian government.

Early life and education

He was the son of Luis Felipe Osterling Parodi Irvine and Regina Garcia. He was the uncle of the prominent Peruvian lawyer Alfredo Enrique Martín Parodi Plaza, and pharmacist and businessman Luis Miguel Parodi Plaza. He attended the school of the Sacred Hearts Recoleta. He studied law at the

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, from which he graduated in 1967. He did postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law of the

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and the

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Career

Since 1957 he was professor of

, where he taught courses on Private International Law, Contracts and Civil Law Practice. Since 1964, he was head teacher, and dictated the course of Obligations Law, which also was in charge at the University of Lima (1986–1989). In 1966 he attended as a visiting professor at the Universities of Notre Dame,

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, Georgetown, Columbia and

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. He was Dean of the

for the period 1969–1972.

Political career

In July 1980 he was appointed Minister of Justice and Worship by

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, as such a ministry had to refound disappeared in the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces remained in office until August 1981. In the 1985 general election, he was elected Senator representing the Christian People's Party for the period 1985 to 1990. Inside the Senate, he was member of the Permanent Commission of the Congress and the Committees on National Defense and Justice and Internal Order. In the 1990 general election, he was reelected as Senator representing his party under the

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coalition of

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for the period 1990 to 1995. A year later he was elected

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for the legislature 1991 – 1992. With the coup of 1992, Osterling was unable to perform his duties and was even beaten by the police that restricted entry to the Congress because he was under "house arrest". After these incidents, he returned to his law firm, and was Dean of the School of Lawyers of

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in 1995. In May 1993 it was incorporated as a full member of the Peruvian Academy of Law, of which he was President (2006–2008). It is also relevant academic of the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He served as chairman of Hoechst Peruana SA, Vice Chairman of San Juan SAA Brewery, director of the Corporation Backus & Johnston SAA, vice chairman of Volcan Compania Minera SAA, Chairman of the Brewers and director of the National Society of Industries. Today is the study's lead attorney Osterling, Vice Chairman of Volcan Compania Minera. He remained a member of the Christian People's Party.

Books

* ''Challenges and Achievements, in Justice, Teaching Methods of Law Obligations, Study on Monetary Obligations in Peru'' (1995) * ''Compendium of Civil Law, Blackberry and Old Cupboard Pages'' (2005).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osterling, Felipe 1932 births 2014 deaths Peruvian Ministers of Justice Presidents of the Senate of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru faculty 20th-century Peruvian lawyers University of Michigan alumni Christian People's Party (Peru) politicians