Javier Velásquez
| Javier Velásquez Quesquén | |
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| Prime Minister of Peru | |
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In office 11 July 2009 – 14 September 2010 |
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| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Yehude Simon |
| Succeeded by | José Antonio Chang |
| President of Congress | |
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In office 26 July 2008 – 11 July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Gonzales Posada |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Aguinaga |
| Chairman of the Congress Committee on Supervision and Comptrollership | |
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In office 26 July 2003 – 26 July 2005 |
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Member of Congress For Lambayeque |
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Assumed office 26 July 2001 |
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| Constituency | Lambayeque |
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In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 2000 |
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| Constituency | National |
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12 March 1960 Etén  Peru
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| Political party | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Obando Popuche |
| Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ángel Javier Velásquez Quesquén (born 12 March 1960 in Etén, Peru) is a Peruvian politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he has served in Congress since 2001, previously serving from 1995 to 2000. In Alan García's second presidency, Velásquez was sworn as the third Prime Minister of Peru of the administration, succeeding Yehude Simon in 2009. He resigned his post in 2010 with the intention to run for the Peruvian Aprista Party presidential nomination later that year. Although not elected as the nominee, he was part of the presidential ticket of Mercedes Aráoz until her withdrawal from the election in January 2011. In 2016, he was reelected for a fifth term in Congress, representing the Lambayeque Region for the APRA-PPC alliance.
In 1987, Velásquez graduated with a law degree from the National University Pedro Ruiz Gallo. Since that year, he has been a designate lecturer at the Higher Institute of Technology "República Federal de Alemania" in Chiclayo. From 1991 to 1992, he was head of the public register of the North Eastern region of Marañón. From 1997 to 2003 he additionally studied for a Master of Laws, focusing on Constitutional law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Velásquez was a lecturer (Professor) at the Private University Chiclayo in 2000/2001 and at the University of San Martín de Porres in 2006 and in 2007/2008, teaching constitutional law.
Currently he is studying to obtain a Ph.D. in Law from the prestigious National University of San Marcos in Lima.
Javier Velásquez started his career in the social-democratic Peruvian Aprista Party, serving as Secretary General of the Party's base in Lambayeque from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, he was elected to the Congress for his first five-year term, being re-elected in 2001, 2006 and 2011. From 1999 to 2004 he was Vice-Chair of the Political Commission on the Party. In June 2004 he presided the organizing committee for the XXII National Congress of the Party, at which he was elected to the national Political Steering Committee. Since March 2010 he is Chairman of the Political Commission of the Party.
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