Elías Rodríguez

Elías Nicolás Rodríguez Zavaleta (born 22 July 1974) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who served in Congress representing La Libertad region from 2006 until the dissolution of Congress by president Martín Vizcarra in 2019.

For the athlete, see Elias Rodriguez (athlete).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Zavaleta.
Elías Rodríguez Zavaleta
Member of Congress
In office
26 July 2006 – 30 September 2019
ConstituencyLa Libertad
Third Vice President of Congress
In office
26 July 2016 – 21 September 2016
PresidentLuz Salgado
Preceded byLuis Galarreta
Succeeded byLuciana León
Member of the Trujillo Province Council
In office
1 January 2003 – 26 July 2006
Institutional General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party
In office
8 July 2017 – 24 October 2021
PresidentAlan García
César Trelles
Preceded byOmar Quesada
Succeeded byBelén García Mendoza
Personal details
Born
Elías Nicolás Rodríguez Zavaleta

(1974-07-22) 22 July 1974
Quiruvilca, Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyTrabajo Más Trabajo (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations		Peruvian Aprista Party (2008-2021)
Alma materAntenor Orrego Private University (LLB)
OccupationPolitician

A former member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, Rodríguez was expelled from the party in October 2021 for alleged treason as he served as Institutional General Secretary and simultaneously led an independent regional movement.[1]

At the 2022 regional elections, Rodríguez ran for governor of La Libertad Region under the Trabajo Más Trabajo regional movement, placing second and losing to César Acuña from Alliance for Progress.[2]

Biography

He completed his secondary studies at the José Faustino Sánchez Carrión School, and graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Antenor Orrego University of Trujillo.[3]

Career

Early political career

From 1990 to 1991, as a student of the Antenor Orrego Private University, Elías Rodríguez was the Secretary of Culture of the Aprista Party's youth wing (Juventud Aprista Peruana) on a regional level. Since 1996 he holds a Licentiate degree in law. From 1998 to 2002 he worked as an external legal advisor to the Trujillo provincial municipality. In the 2000 elections, he ran for a seat in the Congress under the Peruvian Aprista Party, but he was not elected. Two years later, in the 2002 municipal elections, Rodríguez ran for a seat in the Provincial Council of Trujillo, and was elected provincial councillor for a four-year term. He served as provincial councillor until he was elected Congressman in the 2006 elections.

Peruvian Congress

In the 2006 election, he was elected Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2006–2011 term under the Peruvian Aprista Party. In the 2011 election, he was re-elected for another five-year term.[4] In the 2016 election, he was re-elected for another five-year term under the Popular Alliance, which consisted of the APRA, PPC and VP, but his term was cut short by the dissolution of Congress by President Martín Vizcarra in September 2019.

Partisan controversy and regional politics

From 2017 to 2021, Rodríguez served as the Institutional Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party until his expulsion from the party on 24 October 2021 for alleged treason as he led in parallel the Trabajo Más Trabajo (Work More Work) regional movement in order to run for governor at the 2022 regional elections.[5][6]

At the gubernatorial election held on 2 October 2022, Rodríguez placed second behind former governor and Alliance for Progress leader César Acuña.[7][8]

References
  1. Redacción EC (24 October 2021). "Expulsan del Apra a excongresista Elías Rodríguez por "traición" al partido". elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. "ELECCIONES REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2022 - REGIONAL LA LIBERTAD". infogob.jne.gob.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. "JNE - DETALLE DE LA DECLARACIÓN DE VIDA DEL CANDIDATO". pecaoe.jne.gob.pe. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. "Infogob | Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad". Infogob. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. Política LR (24 October 2021). "APRA expulsa a excongresista Elías Rodríguez por "traición" y le prohíbe ingreso a locales del partido". larepublica.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. Cachay, Víctor (24 October 2021). "Expulsan a Elías Rodríguez del APRA por traición al partido". noticiastrujillo.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. "ELECCIONES REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2022 - REGIONAL LA LIBERTAD". infogob.jne.gob.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. Benites Guillén, Alan (6 October 2022). "Elías Rodríguez, excandidato a la región La Libertad, tras resultados: "Seremos oposición responsable"". diariocorreo.pe. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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