Alan García
| Alan García | |
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| 59th & 63rd President of Peru | |
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In office 28 July 2006 – 28 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jorge del Castillo Yehude Simon Javier Velásquez José Antonio Chang Rosario Fernández |
| Vice President |
Luis Giampietri Lourdes Mendoza |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Toledo |
| Succeeded by | Ollanta Humala |
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In office 28 July 1985 – 28 July 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Luis Alva Castro Armando Villanueva Luis Alberto Sánchez Guillermo Larco Cox |
| Vice President |
Luis Alberto Sánchez Luis Alva Castro |
| Preceded by | Fernando Belaúnde Terry |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Fujimori |
| President of the Peruvian Aprista Party | |
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In office 7 June 2004 – 11 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position reestablished |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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In office 15 July 1985 – 23 December 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Armando Villanueva |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party | |
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In office 9 October 1982 – 15 July 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando León de Vivero |
| Succeeded by |
Armando Villanueva Luis Negreiros |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez 23 May 1949 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance |
| Other political affiliations |
Popular Alliance (2015-2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Carla Buscaglia (Divorced) Pilar Nores (1978–present) |
| Alma mater |
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru National University of San Marcos Complutense University Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalaŋ ɡaβˈɾjel luðˈwiɣ ɡarˈsi.a ]; born 23 May 1949) is a Peruvian politician who was President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011. He was the leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and the only party member ever to have served as President.
His first term was marked by a severe economic crisis, social unrest and violence. He ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency in 2001, losing in a run-off to Alejandro Toledo. He ran again in 2006 and was elected to a second term, even though his first term in the 1980s was considered by many to have been disastrous. During García's second term, due to the increase in metal prices, Peru averaged seven percent GDP growth a year, held inflation below three percent annually and collated Peru's foreign exchange reserves at US$47 billion; however, his tenure also resulted in increased environmental damage, according to critics, and increased social conflict, according to the national human rights ombudsman's office.
He is known as an immensely talented and charismatic orator.
Born in the Maison de Santé Clinic of the Barranco District into a middle-class family, García met his father for the first time when he was 5 years old, due to his father's imprisonment for being a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party. His mother founded the party's base in the Camaná Province of the Arequipa Region. Since very young, he accompanied his father in party meetings and began acquainted with future leaders of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), such as Luis Alva Castro and Mercedes Cabanillas. At the age of 14, he was already an immensely talented orator when he first gave a speech in honor of patriarch Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, who he admired and followed until his death.
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