Renzo Reggiardo
Renzo Andrés Reggiardo Barreto (born 1 July 1972) is a Peruvian politician from Popular Renewal, businessman and a former Congressman representing the constituency of Lima for two terms, between 2006 and 2016. In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Lima in the local elections. Leading most of the polls throughout the entire campaign, his absence in the mayoral debate caused him to finish in third place in the election with 8.9% of the popular vote, losing to Jorge Muñoz Walls of the Popular Action.
Renzo Reggiardo | |
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| Lieutenant Mayor of Lima | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Romero Sotelo |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2016 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| General Secretary of Peru Secure Homeland | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Renzo Andrés Reggiardo Barreto 1 July 1972 Lima, Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Political party | Popular Renewal (2021-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Peru Secure Homeland (2013-present) Cambio 90 (until 2013) |
| Parent | Andrés Reggiardo |
| Alma mater | University of San Martín de Porres |
Biography
He is the son of the Italian-Peruvian Fujimorist politician Andrés Reggiardo. He graduated from the University of San Martín de Porres. A fact that aroused public and media attention was the criminal attack suffered by his wife and daughter, when they left their congressional office on August 4, 2011.[1] After the events, he was elected as president of the new special commission on Citizen Security in Congress.[2]
Political career
Early political career
He joined his father's party Cambio 90 which was founded by his father and former President Alberto Fujimori and served as its National secretary of its youth branch from 2006 to 2010. In May 2010, he became the National secretary of Cambio 90.
Congressional career
In the 2006 general elections, Reggiardo was elected to the Congress for the 2006–2011 term, representing the city of Lima on the Fujimorist Alliance for the Future. When the ex-president's daughter Keiko Fujimori decided to form a new party, Force 2011, to promote her presidential candidacy for the 2011 presidential elections, Reggiardo did not follow. Instead, he added what was left of Cambio 90 to the National Solidarity Alliance and endorsed former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda for the presidency. In the congressional vote, Reggiardo was re-elected in the constituency of Lima and as the only congressman from Cambio 90. Instead of joining with the rest of the representatives elected on the alliance's lists, Reggiardo now sits on the Parliamentary Coordination bench, together with the Peruvian Aprista Party's lawmakers and Carlos Bruce.
2016 presidential campaign
In the 2016 presidential elections, he ran for President under the Peru Secure Homeland party, the successor of Cambio 90, but he withdrew from the race, as he claimed lack of credibility in the electoral process.[3]
2018 Lima mayoral election
Two years later in 2018, Reggiardo unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Lima in the 2018 local elections. Leading most of the polls throughout the entire campaign, his absence in the mayoral debate caused him to finish in third place in the election with 8.9% of the popular vote, losing to Jorge Muñoz Walls of the Popular Action.
References
- Espinoza, Angela (7 August 2011). "hija renzo reggiardo arianna". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "Congresista Renzo Reggiardo presidirá nueva comisión especial de Seguridad Ciudadana | Noticias del Perú | LaRepublica.pe". 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (19 February 2016). "Renzo Reggiardo renunció a su candidatura a la presidencia | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
