Omar Quesada
Peruvian lawyer and politician
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::summary Peruvian lawyer and politician ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Omar Quesada |
| image | Omarquezadamartinez.jpg |
| imagesize | 265px |
| caption | Omar Quesada Martínez |
| office | Institutional General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party |
| president | Alan García |
| deputy | Javier Morán |
| term_start | March 5, 2010 |
| term_end | July 8, 2017 |
| predecessor | Mauricio Mulder |
| successor | Elías Rodríguez |
| office2 | Director of the Informal Property Formalization Agency |
| Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation | |
| president2 | Alan García |
| minister2 | Enrique Cornejo |
| Juan Sarmiento Soto | |
| term_start2 | 2007 |
| term_end2 | April 24, 2010 |
| successor2 | David Alfonso Ramos López (Acting as Deputy Minister of Housing and Urbanism) |
| order3 | 1st Governor of Ayacucho |
| lieutenant3 | José Antonio Urquizo |
| term_start3 | January 1, 2003 |
| term_end3 | December 31, 2006 |
| predecessor3 | Office created |
| successor3 | Ernesto Molina Chávez |
| office4 | Mayor of Huanta |
| term_start4 | 1 March 1993 |
| term_end4 | 31 December 1995 |
| predecessor4 | Jorge Gonzales Alonso Rey Sánchez |
| successor4 | Milton Córdova La Torre |
| birth_name | Werner Omar Quesada Martínez |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru |
| nationality | Peruvian |
| party | Peruvian Aprista Party |
| alma_mater | Universidad de San Martín de Porres (LLB) |
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| name = Omar Quesada | image = Omarquezadamartinez.jpg | imagesize = 265px | caption = Omar Quesada Martínez | office = Institutional General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party | president = Alan García | deputy = Javier Morán | term_start = March 5, 2010 | term_end = July 8, 2017 | predecessor = Mauricio Mulder | successor = Elías Rodríguez | office2 = Director of the Informal Property Formalization Agency Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation | president2 = Alan García | minister2 = Enrique Cornejo Juan Sarmiento Soto | term_start2 = 2007 | term_end2 = April 24, 2010 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = David Alfonso Ramos López (Acting as Deputy Minister of Housing and Urbanism) | order3 = 1st Governor of Ayacucho | lieutenant3 = José Antonio Urquizo | term_start3 = January 1, 2003 | term_end3 = December 31, 2006 | predecessor3 = Office created | successor3 = Ernesto Molina Chávez | office4 = Mayor of Huanta | term_start4 = 1 March 1993 | term_end4 = 31 December 1995 | predecessor4 = Jorge Gonzales Alonso Rey Sánchez | successor4 = Milton Córdova La Torre | birth_name = Werner Omar Quesada Martínez | birth_date = | birth_place = Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Peruvian | spouse = | party = Peruvian Aprista Party | alma_mater = Universidad de San Martín de Porres (LLB)
Werner Omar Quesada Martínez (born 24 September 1965) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. A ranking member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he served as the party's Institutional General Secretary from March 2010 to July 2017.
His career has been marked by controversy. Raised in the Ayacucho Region, he served as a regional party leader throughout his youth, becoming the first democratically elected governor of Ayacucho, from 2003 to 2006. In the second presidency of Alan García, he was appointed as Director of the Informal Property Formalization Agency (COFOPRI), an agency dependent of the Ministry of Housing. Upon the revelation of irregular property selling conceded by the agency, he was forced to tender his resignation in April 2010.
Early life and education
Born in the northern city of Trujillo, La Libertad, Quesada was raised in Huanta, Ayacucho. From a very young age, he registered himself in the Peruvian Aprista Party. After finishing his high school education at María Auxiliadora Grand School Unity in 1981, he travelled to Lima in order enroll in the Universidad de San Martín de Porres to study law. He was able to finish his law degree in 1996.
Simultaneously with his college education, Quesada served in a variety of positions within the Peruvian Aprista Party's Regional Committee. In 1985, he rose to the position of Deputy Regional General Secretary of the party in Ayacucho, and Provincial General Secretary for Huanta from 1992 to 1993.
Political career
Early political career
Simultaneously with his college education, Quesada served in a variety of positions within the Peruvian Aprista Party's Regional Committee. In 1985, he rose to the position of Deputy Regional General Secretary of the party in Ayacucho, and Provincial General Secretary for Huanta from 1992 to 1993.
In 1999, the party National Convention elected Quesada as Secretary of Organization, serving in the position until his election as Ayacucho's first democratically elected governor.
Elected Mayor of the Province of Huanta in 1993, he lost reelection in 1995. In the 2002 regional elections, he was elected as the first Governor of Ayacucho. He failed to attain reelection in 2006 regional elections.
Second García Administration
In 2007, he was appointed by the Alan García's administration as Director of the Informal Property Formalization Agency (COFOPRI). During his tenure, he was subject to controversy amidst irregularities in his management of the government agency, being accused of allowing a property in southern Lima to be sold for US$1750. A case was opened against him and six other agency officials. He resigned on 24 April 2010.
Institutional General Secretary of the APRA
Upon his resignation from COFOPRI, Quesada was elected at the party's 2010 National Convention as Institutional Secretary General, alongside Jorge Del Castillo as Political Secretary General. In his seven-year tenure in the party leadership, he oversaw the ceremonies for the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance's 90th Anniversary in 2014.
At the 2016 general election, he was slated to run for a seat in the Andean Parliament with the Popular Alliance list. At the same time, Quesada dealt with the Christian People's Party on sealing negotiations in order to confirm the electoral coalition with his party and Alan García's presidential nomination. Upon the election results, he was not elected to the Andean Parliament and announced the dissolution of the coalition on 11 April 2016, following the poor results attained by the presidential ticket.
Quesada served as Institutional General Secretary until the 2017 convention elected his successor, three-term congressman Elías Rodríguez.
Electoral history
Legislative
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| Election | Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | Total | % | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Member of Congress | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};" | Peruvian Aprista Party | 15 | National | 8,055 | 5.56% | 5th | |
| 2001 | Member of Congress | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};" | Peruvian Aprista Party | 1 | Ayacucho | 14,232 | 16.33% | 3rd | |
| 2011 | Member of Congress | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};" | Peruvian Aprista Party | 1 | Ayacucho | 6,618 | 4.77% | 5th | |
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Andean Parliament
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| Election | Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | Total | % | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Representative to the Andean Parliament | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};" | Peruvian Aprista Party | 2 | National | 106,862 | 8.14% | 4th | |
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Regional
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| Election | Office | List | Votes | Result | . | Total | % | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Governor of Ayacucho | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};” | Peruvian Aprista Party | 43,996 | 22.97% | 1st | ||
| 2006 | Governor of Ayacucho | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};” | Peruvian Aprista Party | 44,058 | 18.93% | 2nd | ||
| 2018 | Governor of Ayacucho | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};” | Peruvian Aprista Party | 6,289 | 2.21% | 9th | ||
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Municipal
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| Election | Office | List | Votes | Result | . | Total | % | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Mayor of Huanta | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};” | Peruvian Aprista Party | 1,563 | 28.04% | 1st | ||
| 1998 | Mayor of Huanta | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance}};” | Peruvian Aprista Party | 5,016 | 25.55% | 2nd | ||
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References
References
- (26 February 2011). "Omar Quesada: "APRA hará acto de contrición tras elecciones"". Generaccion.
- "Werner Omar Quezada Martinez". Infogob.
- "Infogob | Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad".
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- (24 April 2010). "Oficializan renuncia de Omar Quezada a dirección ejecutiva de Cofopri". RPP.
- (13 April 2016). "Alianza Popular quedó disuelta, confirma dirigente aprista | POLITICA".
- "Omar Quesada: Alianza Popular entre Apra y PPC se disuelve".
- (29 November 2015). "Omar Quesada: "Nadie puede negar que el Apra es una maquinaria electoral"".
- (9 July 2017). "Apra: Congresista Elías Rodríguez fue elegido como secretario general | POLITICA".
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- ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2011 - CONGRESAL"".
- ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2016 - PARLAMENTO ANDINO"".
- ""ELECCIONES REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2002 - REGIONAL"".
- ""ELECCIONES REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2006 - REGIONAL"".
- ""ELECCIONES REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2018 - REGIONAL"".
- ""ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES 1993 - MUNICIPAL PROVINCIAL"".
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