Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva (born 6 June 1992) is a Peruvian politician and former journalist currently serving as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru representing the Lima Metropolitan Area since 2021.

Alejandro Cavero
Third Vice President of Congress
Assumed office
26 July 2024
PresidentEduardo Salhuana
Preceded byRosselli Amuruz [es]
Member of Congress
Assumed office
27 July 2021
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Born
Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva

(1992-06-06) 6 June 1992 (age 32)
Lima, Peru
Political partyGo on Country – Social Integration Party (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 2020)
EducationPontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB)

Early life and education

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Cavero was born in Lima, Peru, on 6 June 1992, and lived four years in Venezuela before gaining admission to the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[1] He attained his law degree in 2017, but rather practiced journalism while working at El Comercio.[2]

Congress (2021–present)

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At the 2021 general election, Cavero was elected to Congress under Go on Country – Social Integration Party, with 30,243 votes, for the 2021–2026 term.[3]

In November 2021, he participated in a gathering with LGBT activists at the British Residence. For this, he was criticized for supporting at the same time the Spanish political party Vox, a party noted for a strong anti-LGBT agenda. This led to his coming out through his Twitter account, where he expressed being homosexual and "proudly right-wing".[4]

In August 2022, he presented a bill for civil unions between heterosexual and homosexual couples, but with limitations, such as same-sex adoption, which was criticized by some LGBT groups, who claimed that it was giving in to conservative pressure.[5][6] Cavero defended the project, considering that it could be a good step to improve LGBT rights.[7]

Electoral history

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Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2021 Member of Congress Go on Country – Social Integration Party 14 Lima Metropolitan Area 30,242 10.79% 3rd[a] Elected [8]
  1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
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References

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  1. ^ "Conóceme - Alejandro Cavero". alejandrocavero.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. ^ "Alejandro Cavero: el joven que soñó con ser PPK y ahora postula al Congreso por Avanza País". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2021 - CONGRESAL"".
  4. ^ "Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"". Canal N (in Spanish). 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  5. ^ "Alejandro Cavero presenta proyecto de ley que plantea establecer la unión civil en el Perú". RPP Noticias (in Spanish). 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  6. ^ "Presentan proyecto de unión civil, pero con limitaciones". La República (in Spanish). 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  7. ^ "Proyecto de Ley de Alejandro Cavero no cumple con actuales estándares de Derechos Humanos, afirma Más Igualdad". infobae (in Spanish). 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  8. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2021 - CONGRESAL"".