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Alberto Andrade | |
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| Member of Congress | |
| In office July 26, 2006 – June 19, 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Belmont |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Mayor of Lima | |
| In office January 1, 1996 – December 31, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Belmont |
| Succeeded by | Luis Castañeda Lossio |
| Mayor of Miraflores | |
| In office January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Bedoya de Vivanco |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Andrade Carmona |
| President of theWe Are Peru | |
| In office 1997 – June 19, 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Andrade Carmona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alberto Manuel Andrade Carmona (1943-12-24)24 December 1943 |
| Died | 19 June 2009(2009-06-19) (aged 65) |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Party | We Are Peru |
| Relatives | Fernando Andrade Carmona(Brother) |
| Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
Alberto Manuel Andrade Carmona (December 24, 1943 – June 19, 2009) was aPeruvian lawyer andpolitician, born inLima who served as theMayor of Lima from 1996 to 2002 and as a Congressman from 2006 until his death.
He studied at the First National School of Peru of Our Lady of Guadalupe and at the Antonio Raimondi Italian School. He later studied law at theNational University of San Marcos. He studied his postgraduate degree obtaining a master's degree in Administration from ESAN. He created the ALDA leather products company. He married Ana Teresa Botteri Herrera, had four children and four grandchildren until his death.
Andrade started his political career as a member of theChristian People's Party in 1983, resigning to found his own political party,Somos Lima in 1994, to run as an independent for the 1995 Municipal elections. A former mayor ofMiraflores, he made many public works for this district and his brotherFernando Andrade also served as the district's mayor from 1996 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006.
In the 1995 election, Andrade won the elections as mayor of Lima defeatingAlberto Fujimori's ally,Jaime Yoshiyama and was sworn in on January 1, 1996. During his term as mayor, he was responsible for public works such as:
In the 1998 municipal election, he was re-elected as mayor againstJuan Carlos Hurtado Miller of theVamos Vecino party, due to his high popularity, thanks to his first term high approval ratings.
In 2000, he stood against PresidentAlberto Fujimori in thepresidential elections, but received, in large part due to a smear campaign, manipulated by the government, only 3.0% of the vote finishing in third place, and continued as mayor.[1]
In the 2002 municipal elections, he ran for a third term, promising to modernize transport, importing Colombian public buses, known asTransmilenio, but he was defeated byNational Solidarity leaderLuis Castañeda Lossio of theNational Unity Alliance, placing second with 29.9% of the vote.
He ran unsuccessfully for the First Vice Presidency in the2006 Peruvian general election as the running mate of former PresidentValentín Paniagua in theFrente de Centro's ticket, but was elected for a seat inCongress.
He died inWashington, D.C.,United States on June 19, 2009, at the age of 65 frompulmonary fibrosis.
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Lima 1996–2002 | Succeeded by |
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