Víctor Espinoza Peña

Víctor Espinoza Peña (25 May 1947 – 1 March 2021) was a Peruvian politician and fisherman.[1]

Víctor Espinoza Peña
District Mayor of Pucusana
In office
29 June 2020 – 1 March 2021
Preceded byLuis Chauca Navarro
Succeeded byLidia Carrillo Véliz
Deputy District Mayor of Pucusana
In office
1 January 2019 – 28 June 2020
Preceded byEvaristo Sarmiento Sobrado
Succeeded byLidia Carrillo Véliz
Personal details
Born25 May 1947
Pucusana, Peru
Died1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 73)
Political partyAPP

Biography

Born in Pucusana, Espinoza Peña finished his primary studies and became an artisanal fisherman. He was elected Deputy District Mayor of Pucusana in the 2018 Lima municipal election alongside Mayor Luis Chauca Navarro of the Alliance for Progress party.[2] He became Mayor after Navarro died from COVID-19 on 28 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.[3]

On 6 February 2021, Espinoza Peña reported that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He died on 1 March 2021, the second mayor of Pucusana to die from the virus.[4][5]

References
  1. "Pucusana pierde por su segunda vez a su alcalde a causa del coronavirus". Perú21 (in Spanish). 1 March 2021.
  2. "Victor Eloy Espinoza Peña". Infogob (in Spanish).
  3. "El alcalde de Pucusana, Luis Pascual Chauca, murió víctima del COVID-19". Canal N (in Spanish). 28 June 2020.
  4. "Fallece el alcalde de Pucusana, Víctor Espinoza Peña, a causa de la COVID-19". La República (in Spanish). 1 March 2021.
  5. "Pucusana pierde a su alcalde por segunda vez a causa del COVID-19". El Comercio (in Spanish). 1 March 2021.


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