Alejandro Cavero
Alejandro Cavero | |
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| Member of Congress | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva 6 June 1992 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Go on Country – Social Integration Party (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (before 2020) |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB) |
Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva (born 6 June 1992) is a Peruvian politician and former journalist currently serving as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru representing the Lima Metropolitan Area since 2021.
Early life and education[edit]
Cavero was born in Lima, Peru, on 6 June 1992, and lived four years in Venezuela before gaining admission to the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[1] He attained his law degree in 2017, but rather practiced journalism while working at El Comercio.[2]
Congress (2021–present)[edit]
At the 2021 general election, Cavero was elected to Congress under Go on Country – Social Integration Party, with 30,243 votes, for the 2021–2026 term.[3]
In November 2021, he participated in a gathering with LGBT activists at the British Residence. For this, he was criticized for supporting at the same time the Spanish political party Vox, a party noted for a strong anti-LGBT agenda. This led to his coming out through his Twitter account, where he expressed being homosexual and "proudly right-wing".[4]
In August 2022, he presented a bill for civil unions between heterosexual and homosexual couples, but with limitations, such as same-sex adoption, which was criticized by some LGBT groups, who claimed that it was giving in to conservative pressure.[5][6] Cavero defended the project, considering that it could be a good step to improve LGBT rights.[7]
Electoral history[edit]
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2021 | Member of Congress | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | 14 | Lima Metropolitan Area | 30,242 | 10.79% | 3rd[a] | Elected | [8] | |
- ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Spanish)
References[edit]
- ^ "Conóceme - Alejandro Cavero". alejandrocavero.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Alejandro Cavero: el joven que soñó con ser PPK y ahora postula al Congreso por Avanza País". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2021 - CONGRESAL"".
- ^ "Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"". Canal N (in Spanish). 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Alejandro Cavero presenta proyecto de ley que plantea establecer la unión civil en el Perú". RPP Noticias (in Spanish). 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Presentan proyecto de unión civil, pero con limitaciones". La República (in Spanish). 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Proyecto de Ley de Alejandro Cavero no cumple con actuales estándares de Derechos Humanos, afirma Más Igualdad". infobae (in Spanish). 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2021 - CONGRESAL"".
- 1992 births
- Alva family
- LGBT legislators
- Living people
- Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- Peruvian anti-communists
- Politicians from Lima
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru alumni
- Gay politicians
- Peruvian gay men
- Peruvian LGBT politicians
- 21st-century Peruvian LGBT people
- 21st-century Peruvian politicians