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Javier Velásquez

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Ángel Javier Velásquez Quesquén (born 12 March 1960) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he has served in Congress between 2001 and 2019, previously serving from 1995 to 2000. Raised in Lambayeque, Velásquez started his political career from a young age, attaining positions among the party’s regional cadres as a build-up to his first election to Congress in 1995. Following two consecutive reelections, he was elected President of Congress for the 2008–2009 legislature, and was subsequently appointed as Alan García's third Prime Minister of Peru of the administration, serving in the position until late 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Velásquez is the 18,268th most popular politician (up from 18,439th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Peru (up from 225th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Javier Velásquez ranks 18,268 out of 19,576. Before him are Dolkun Isa, Hugh Shearer, Pat Quinn, Takeaki Matsumoto, Robert Bergland, and Steffi Lemke. After him are Alan Cranston, Rima Hassan, Roy Blunt, Sandy Berger, Orlando Zapata, and Ruth Ann Minner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Javier Velásquez ranks 708. Before him are Gregory Colbert, Stéphane Le Foll, Al Joyner, Francis Gillot, Lesley Sharp, and Janusz Kurtyka. After him are Ola By Rise, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Kevin Clash, Matthias Jacob, Tecla Marinescu, and Kevin A. Ford.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Javier Velásquez ranks 216 out of 287. Before him are Ernesto Labarthe (1956), Carlos I. Noriega (1959), Óscar Arizaga (1957), Harald Helfgott (1977), Germán Leguía (1954), and Luis Advíncula (1990). After him are Jorge Olaechea (1956), Pedro Cateriano (1958), Francisco Boza (1964), Renato Tapia (1995), Vicente Zeballos (1963), and Salvador del Solar (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Javier Velásquez ranks 83. Before him are Yehude Simon (1947), Jorge Del Castillo (1950), Rosario Fernández (1955), Lourdes Flores (1959), Violeta Bermúdez (1961), and Cecilia Tait (1962). After him are Pedro Cateriano (1958), Vicente Zeballos (1963), Ana Jara (1968), Alberto Otárola (1967), Nadine Heredia (1976), and Mirtha Vásquez (1975).

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