Alfredo Barnechea | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 26 July 1985 – 26 July 1990 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isaac Alfredo Barnechea García (1952-05-19)19 May 1952 (age 72) Ica,Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Political party | Popular Action(2013–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Peruvian Aprista Party(1980-1987) |
| Spouse | Claudia Ganoza Temple |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (non-graduate)[1] Harvard University |
Isaac Alfredo Barnechea García (born 19 May 1952) is a Peruvian journalist and politician. In the2016 elections, he ran for President of Peru under theAcción Popular party, finishing in fourth place. He was among the potential candidates for the2021 general election until he withdrew his pre-candidacy in November 2020. The nomination was subsequently won byYonhy Lescano.
In 1992, he earned a Master's in Public Administration from theJohn F. Kennedy School of Government atHarvard University. After obtaining his degree, he worked at theInter-American Development Bank and theAndean Community.[2]
As a journalist, he hosted the television interview program titled "Direct Contact", which ran from 1978 to 1980. The show was overseen by the military dictatorship until 1980. Since then, he has been a columnist for the Spanish newspaperEl País, the Peruvian magazineCaretas and has written six books about Peruvian politics and political economy.
Barnechea was member of theAPRA party. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor ofLima in 1983, losing to the left-wing candidateAlfonso Barrantes Lingán. Barnechea was elected to Peru's lower house of theCongress in 1985 and took office on 26 July 1985 during the government of PresidentAlan García. He resigned the party after García announced plans to nationalize the banks in 1987.[3]
In 2013, Barnechea joined thePopular Action party and in 2015, he was later selected as the party's presidential candidate (after internal primaries) for the2016 elections. There he defeated three opponents and officially became the Popular Action Candidate for President of Peru, accompanied in his formula by CongressmanVíctor Andrés García Belaúnde for the first vice-presidency, and Edmundo Del Águila Morote for the second vice-presidency. He rose second and third in the polls after the disqualifications ofJulio Guzmán andCésar Acuña Peralta.[4][5] He ended the election in fourth place with 7.0% of the popular vote, ahead ofPopular Alliance candidate and former PresidentAlan García, but was surpassed byVerónika Mendoza,Pedro Pablo Kuczynski andKeiko Fujimori.[citation needed]
Between 2016 and 2020 he participated in various party activities, but did not hold any position at the leadership level nor did he hold an executive position.
On October 25, 2020, he announced that he would participate in the internal electoral process of Popular Action as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, in a presidential formula that included the participation of Maricarmen Alva as a candidate for the first vice-presidency of the Republic, and the former Congressman Armando Villanueva Mercado as a candidate for the second vice presidency of the Republic. However, on November 23, 2020, six days before the internal electoral process of Popular Action, Barnechea announced that he was resigning from the candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic, for disagreeing with the decisions made by the Popular Action group and that led to the presidency of the Republic toManuel Merino, as well as the divisions within the party. Subsequently,Yonhy Lescano won the nomination.
Barnechea is married, since 1983, to Claudia Ganoza Temple, a former step-daughter toUnited Nations Secretary GeneralJavier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920-2020). They have three children.[citation needed]
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