Javier Bedoya de Vivanco | |
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| Member of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2016 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 26 July 1985 – 5 April 1992 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Member of theLima Metropolitan Council | |
| In office 1 January 1981 – 31 December 1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Javier Alonso Bedoya de Vivanco (1948-09-23)23 September 1948 (age 76) Lima, Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Political party | Christian People's Party (1978–present) |
| Spouse | Norma Denegri Ponce de León |
| Children | Mónica Bedoya Denegri Javier Bedoya Denegri Carolina Bedoya Denegri Alonso Bedoya Denegri |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Luis Bedoya de Vivanco (brother) Jaime Bedoya Delboy (uncle) Santiago Bedoya Pardo (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Javier Alonso Bedoya de Vivanco (born 23 September 1948 in Lima) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician (PPC) and a formerCongressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2016.
Born in Lima on 23 September 1948 toLuis Bedoya Reyes. His father, Luis is the founder of theChristian People's Party and wasMayor of Lima, member of the lower house of the Peruvian Congress and Minister of Justice, among others. He is a member of the Bedoya family, often compared in Peru with theKennedy family because of its extensive and continuous commitment to public service.
Bedoya is also a lawyer who is partner of Bedoya Law Firm (Estudio Bedoya Abogados). Bedoya Law Firm has attorneys with a wide experience in the provision of corporate counseling services in Civil, Trade, Financial, Industrial Property, Tax and Labor Law, Commercial, Constitutional, Administrative, Civil Procedural and Municipal Law.[citation needed]
Bedoya's first political office was councilor of Lima from 1980 to 1983.[1] From 1983 to 1986 Bedoya acted as the sub-secretary of theLima Province-PPC.[1]
In the1985 election, he was elected to theChamber of Deputies under theDemocratic Convergence alliance and in the1990 election, he was re-elected for a second term, this time under theFREDEMO list, his term ended when the Congress was dissolved in 1992 due to PresidentAlberto Fujimori'sself-coup.[1] In 1989, he was also promoted to Secretary General on the national level of his party, a position he held until 1992 as well.[citation needed]
In the2006 election he was elected to the now unicameralCongress on theNational Unity list for the 2006–11 term.[1] In the2011 election he was re-elected on the ticket of theAlliance for the Great Change to which the Christian Democrats now belong.[1] In the2016 election, he ran for re-election under thePopular Alliance which group the Christian Democrats and thePeruvian Aprista Party, but lost his seat.[1] He ran for the Presidency of Congress in 2014, but lost toAna María Solórzano.[2]
