Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde

Who is Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde?

Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, also called Vitocho is a Peruvian politician.

Víctor Andrés García descends from a family that has been linked to Peruvian politics for a long time. His great-grandfather General Pedro Diez Canseco was three times interim President in the 1860s. His grandfather, the influential thinker, writer and diplomat Víctor Andrés Belaúnde was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1959 to 1960 and his uncle Fernando Belaúnde Terry was the founder of the Popular Action and twice democratically elected President. His brother, José García Belaúnde has served as foreign minister under Alan García.

After graduating from the Peruvian Naval School, García studied the Law at the University of Valladolid in Spain and the prestigious National University of San Marcos. He received his Licence in 1975.

In 1985, Garciá was elected to the House of Deputies on his uncle's Popular Action list for a five-year term, representing Lima region. Parallel, he was secretary of the AP-led cabinet. In 1990 he was re-elected representing the liberal-conservative FREDEMO-alliance comprising his Popular Action, and served until authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress in a de facto-coup 1992.