{{Short description|Peruvian politician}} {{Family name hatnote|Cavero|Alva|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alejandro Cavero | image = Alejandro Cavero.jpg | caption = | office = Third Vice President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru | term_start = 26 July 2024 | term_end = 26 July 2025 | president = Eduardo Salhuana | predecessor = Rosselli Amuruz | successor = Ilich López | office2 = Member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru | term_start2 = 27 July 2021 | term_end2 = | constituency2 = Lima | birth_name = Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Lima, Peru | death_date = | death_place = | party = Go on Country – Social Integration Party | other_party = | spouse = | children = | education = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LLB) | signature = }}
'''Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva''' (born 6 June 1992) is a Peruvian politician who has been a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru as a member of the Go on Country – Social Integration Party since 2021.
==Early life and education== Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva{{sfn|National Jury of Elections}} was born in Lima, Peru,{{sfn|Sugobono|2021}} on 6 June 1992.{{sfn|National Jury of Elections}} He graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru as a lawyer.{{sfn|Sugobono|2021}}
==Career== During the 2011 election Cavero worked on Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's youth campaign. He was a journalist that covered politics for ''El Comercio''.{{sfn|Sugobono|2021}}
In the 2021 election Cavero won a seat in the Congress of the Republic of Peru from the Lima province as a member of the Go on Country – Social Integration Party.{{sfn|National Jury of Elections}} He was selected to serve as Third Vice President.{{sfn|Alejandro Cavero exhorta a Dina Boluarte reconocer a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela|2025}}
==Personal life== Cavero is a homosexual.{{sfn|Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"|2021}} On 1 December 2024, he was assaulted at the Lima Art Museum after taking a phone away from an attendee that was harassing him.{{sfn|Ricci|2024}}
==Political positions== Cavero is opposed to compulsory voting stating that it increases the amount of uninformed voters.{{sfn|Sugobono|2021}} In response to prison overcrowding in most of Peru's prisons, Cavero proposed privatising prisons.{{sfn|Cavero propone privatización de la gestión carcelaria|2025}}
Cavero stated that he is right-wing. He supports the far-right Spanish political party Vox.{{sfn|Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"|2021}} He called for Peru to recognise Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela after the 2024 presidential election.{{sfn|Alejandro Cavero exhorta a Dina Boluarte reconocer a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela|2025}}
Cavero supports equality for LGBTQ people on both moral and economic perspectives.{{sfn|Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"|2021}} In 2022, he proposed legislation to recognise civil unions, but placed limitations on same-sex adoption except in the case in which one of the partners has a child that does not have another parent.{{sfn|Arroyo|2022}}{{sfn|León|2022}}
==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Election ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | List ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=List number|#}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | District ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}. |- ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}. |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2021 | Member of Congress | style="background-color:{{party color|Go on Country}};" | | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | 14 | Lima Metropolitan Area | 30,242 | 10.79% | 3rd{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} | {{yes2|Elected}} | <ref>{{Cite web|title="ELECCIONES GENERALES 2021 - CONGRESAL"|url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Eleccion/FichaEleccion/elecciones-generales-2021-congresal_candidatos-y-resultados_qAwcJ+A37rc=w+}}</ref> |- |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://alejandrocavero.pe/}} {{in lang|es}}
==Works cited== {{refbegin|30em}}
===News=== * {{Cite news |date=7 January 2025 |title=Alejandro Cavero exhorta a Dina Boluarte reconocer a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela |work=Caretas |url=https://caretas.pe/politica/alejandro-cavero-exhorta-a-dina-boluarte-reconocer-a-edmundo-gonzalez-como-presidente-electo-de-venezuela/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629233236/https://caretas.pe/politica/alejandro-cavero-exhorta-a-dina-boluarte-reconocer-a-edmundo-gonzalez-como-presidente-electo-de-venezuela/ |archive-date=29 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Alejandro Cavero exhorta a Dina Boluarte reconocer a Edmundo González como presidente electo de Venezuela|2025}}}} * {{Cite news |date=25 November 2021 |title=Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha" |work=El Comercio |url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/alejandro-cavero-soy-lgbt-y-orgullosamente-derecha-n441234 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629230434/https://canaln.pe/actualidad/alejandro-cavero-soy-lgbt-y-orgullosamente-derecha-n441234 |archive-date=29 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Alejandro Cavero: "Soy LGBT y orgullosamente de derecha"|2021}}}} * {{Cite news |date=8 April 2025 |title=Cavero propone privatización de la gestión carcelaria |work=Caretas |url=https://caretas.pe/politica/cavero-propone-privatizacion-de-la-gestion-carcelaria/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629233731/https://caretas.pe/politica/cavero-propone-privatizacion-de-la-gestion-carcelaria/ |archive-date=29 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Cavero propone privatización de la gestión carcelaria|2025}}}} * {{Cite news |last=Arroyo |first=Carlos |date=15 August 2022 |title=Proyecto de Ley de Alejandro Cavero no cumple con actuales estándares de Derechos Humanos, afirma Más Igualdad |work=Infobae |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/08/16/proyecto-de-ley-de-alejandro-cavero-no-cumple-con-los-actuales-estandares-de-derechos-humanos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629230456/https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/08/16/proyecto-de-ley-de-alejandro-cavero-no-cumple-con-los-actuales-estandares-de-derechos-humanos/ |archive-date=29 June 2025}} * {{Cite news |last=León |first=Jessica |date=16 August 2022 |title=Presentan proyecto de unión civil, pero con limitaciones |work=La República |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/08/16/union-civil-presentan-proyecto-pero-con-limitaciones-congreso-alejandro-cavero-matrimonio-igualitario-promsex-susel-paredes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629230455/https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/08/16/union-civil-presentan-proyecto-pero-con-limitaciones-congreso-alejandro-cavero-matrimonio-igualitario-promsex-susel-paredes |archive-date=29 June 2025}} * {{Cite news |last=Ricci |first=Agustin |date=2 December 2024 |title=Alejandro Cavero denuncia agresión física: «Me golpeó en la cara, rompió mis lentes y me lanzó un vaso» |work=LP Pasión por el Derecho |url=https://lpderecho.pe/alejandro-cavero-agresion-fisica-congreso/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629234331/https://lpderecho.pe/alejandro-cavero-agresion-fisica-congreso/ |archive-date=29 June 2025}} * {{Cite news |last=Sugobono |first=Nora |date=16 January 2021 |title=Alejandro Cavero: el joven que soñó con ser PPK y ahora postula al Congreso por Avanza País |work=El Comercio |url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/elecciones-2021-alejandro-cavero-el-joven-que-sono-con-ser-ppk-y-ahora-postula-al-congreso-por-avanza-pais-hernando-de-soto-noticia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629230133/https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/elecciones-2021-alejandro-cavero-el-joven-que-sono-con-ser-ppk-y-ahora-postula-al-congreso-por-avanza-pais-hernando-de-soto-noticia/ |archive-date=29 June 2025}}
===Web=== * {{Cite web |title=Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva |publisher=National Jury of Elections |url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Politico/FichaPolitico/alejandro-enrique-cavero-alva_procesos-electorales_Gkg6LRGj2vkc6+@0ElOxMA==gR |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629230708/https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Politico/FichaPolitico/alejandro-enrique-cavero-alva_procesos-electorales_Gkg6LRGj2vkc6+@0ElOxMA==gR |archive-date=29 June 2025 |access-date=29 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|National Jury of Elections}}}}
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