Sergio Fernando Tejada Galindo (born 16 April 1980) is a Peruvian sociologist and politician who served as a Congressman representing the constituency of Lima from 2011 to 2016.

Sergio Tejada
Former Congressman Tejada speaking in Congress in 2012
Member of Congress
In office
July 26, 2011 – July 26, 2016
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Born
Sergio Fernando Tejada Galindo

(1980-04-16) 16 April 1980 (age 44)
Lima, Peru
Political partyPeruvian Nationalist Party
Alma materPUCP
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSociologist

Biography

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He was born in the Miraflores district of Lima on April 16, 1980. Son of David Tejada Pardo, who was Vice Minister of Health and of María de Lourdes Galindo. He is the grandson of former Minister of Health David Tejada de Rivero during the first Alan García administration.[1][2]

He completed his primary studies at the Héctor de Cárdenas School, and his secondary studies at the Argentine-Bolivian School of Bolivia. Between 1999 and 2005, he studied Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Tejada was a member of the Political Training Commission of the Peruvian Nationalist Party, between 2008 and 2010. In August 2010, he was appointed National Youth Coordinator of Peru Wins.

In the parliamentary elections held in Peru on April 10, 2011, he ran as a candidate for Congress for the Lima constituency, for the Peru Wins party. He obtained 27,456 preferential votes,[3] resulting in his election as a congressman for the period 2011-2016, assuming his position on July 26, 2011.

During his time in Congress, he was elected President of the Mega-Commission to investigate the second Alan García government.[4]

At the end of 2019, he published the book The Kingdom of Impunity. Revelations of the Megacommission and the fall of Alan García, with the publishing house Penguin Random House.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Falleció David Tejada de Rivero, ex ministro de Salud". El Comercio (Peru). 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Fallece exministro de Salud David Tejada de Rivero". Andina (news agency). 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Elecciones Presidenciales, Congresales y de Parlamento Andino Peru 2011". www.web.onpe.gob.pe. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (27 November 2018). "Sergio Tejada: "Me indignó que García utilice a la Megacomisión como un argumento para solicitar asilo" | POLITICA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ ">> Agencias ISBN". isbn.bnp.gob.pe. Retrieved 21 May 2021.