Alejandro Aurelio Aguinaga Recuenco (born 28 January 1950) is a Peruvian doctor and Fujimorist politician. He is a Congressman, representing the Lambayeque Region, as he was before between 2006 and 2016. He was also the Health Minister during the administration of Alberto Fujimori from 1999 to 2000.

Alejandro Aguinaga
Aguinaga in 2010
Member of Congress
Assumed office
26 July 2021
ConstituencyLambayeque
In office
26 July 2006 – 26 July 2016
ConstituencyLambayeque
President of Congress
Acting
In office
11 July 2009 – 26 July 2009
Preceded byJavier Velásquez
Succeeded byLuis Alva Castro
First Vice President of Congress
In office
26 July 2010 – 26 July 2011
PresidentCésar Zumaeta
Preceded byCecilia Chacón
Succeeded byManuel Merino
In office
26 July 2008 – 26 July 2009
PresidentJavier Velásquez
Preceded byAldo Estrada
Succeeded byCecilia Chacón
Minister of Health
In office
15 April 1999 – 21 November 2000
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Prime MinisterVíctor Joy Way
Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde
Federico Salas
Preceded byCarlos Augusto De Romaña y García
Succeeded byEduardo Pretell Zárate
Deputy Minister of Health
In office
1994 – 15 April 1999
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Prime MinisterEfraín Goldenberg
Dante Córdova
Alberto Pandolfi
Javier Valle Riestra
Víctor Joy Way
MinisterEduardo Yong Motta
Marino Costa Bauer
Carlos de Romaña y García
Personal details
Born
Alejandro Aurelio Aguinaga Recuenco

(1950-01-28) 28 January 1950 (age 74)
Trujillo, Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru
NationalityPeru Peruvian
Political partyPopular Force (2010-present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 2010)
Alliance for the Future (non-affiliated member / 2006-2010)
Alma materUniversidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
National University of San Marcos
OccupationPhysician
ProfessionPolitician

Education and career

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After eight years of studies since 1966, Aguinaga graduated from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal in Lima with a medical degree, in 1975. From 1977 to 1979, he furthered his qualification at the National University of San Marcos, specializing in general and digestive system surgery. From 1981 to 1985, he attended a post-gradual training in gastrointestinal surgery at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France. From 1985 to 2006 he practiced at the Archbishop Loayza Hospital in Lima, starting as an assistant surgeon and later gaining promotion to general director. As a professor, he has lectured about surgery at the Cayetano Heredia University, the Universidad de San Martín de Porres, and the private University San Juan Bautista. Additionally, he became the personal doctor of then-president Alberto Fujimori.[1]

Political career

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Early political career

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During the Fujimori's administration, he held the post of deputy minister of health from 1994 to 1999 and eventually he became minister heading the same ministry from 1999 to 2000.

Congressman

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In the 2006 elections, Aguinaga was elected Congressman on the Fujimorist Alliance for the Future list as an invited candidate, representing the Lambayeque Region. In 2007, he assumed the presidency of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Congress of the Republic in which he served from 26 July 2007 to 26 July 2008. During 2008 and 2009, he was the First Vice President of the Congress under the leadership of Javier Velásquez. When Velasquez was appointed prime minister in July 2009, Aguinaga took over the interim Presidency of the Congress for a few days until 26 July when Congress elected Luis Alva Castro. During the Congressional leadership of César Zumaeta, Aguinaga was once again, the First Vice President of the Congress. In the 2011 elections, Aguinaga was re-elected for another five-year term, this time under the Force 2011 party of Fujimori's daughter Keiko. In 2021, Aguinaga is set to return to Congress, after a five-year absence.

References

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  1. ^ "Ficha de Congresista". Congreso de la Republica del Peru. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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