Daniel Salaverry

{{Short description|Peruvian architect, businessman and politician}} {{more footnotes needed|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Salaverry | image = Daniel E. Salaverry Villa.jpg | caption = Daniel Salaverry as President of the Congress in 2018 | office = [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of Congress]] | vice_president = '''1st Vice President''' [[Leyla Chihuán]] '''2nd Vice President''' Segundo Tapia '''3rd Vice President''' Yeni Vilcatoma | term_start = 26 July 2018 | term_end = 27 July 2019 | predecessor = [[Luis Galarreta]] | successor = [[Pedro Olaechea]] | office2 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | constituency2 = [[La Libertad Region|La Libertad]] | term_start2 = 26 July 2016 | term_end2 = 30 September 2019 | office3 = Provincial Councillor | constituency3 = [[Trujillo Province, Peru|Trujillo]] | term_start3 = 1 January 2007 | term_end3 = 31 December 2010 | birth_name = Daniel Enrique Salaverry Villa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]], [[Peru]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[We Are Peru]] {{small|(2020-present)}} | other_party = [[Popular Force]] {{small|(2016-2018)}} [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]] {{small|(2002-2014)}} | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [[Antenor Orrego Private University]] | relatives = }}

'''Daniel Enrique Salaverry Villa ''' (born 7 August 1972) is a [[Peru]]vian architect, businessman and politician. Between 2016 and 2019, he served in [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress]] representing the [[Department of La Libertad]]. Elected to Congress under the [[Fujimorism|Fujimorist]] [[Popular Force]] party, he was the party's spokesperson for a year, and was [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of the Congress]] from 2018 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Participación Ciudadana > Museo del Congreso y de la Inquisición > Congreso > Presidentes del Congreso de la República > Presidentes del Congreso 2001 - 2050 > SALAVERRY VILLA DANIEL ENRIQUE|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/daniel-salaverry|access-date=2021-02-25|website=www.congreso.gob.pe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Perú|first=Redacción El Comercio|date=2018-07-26|title=Daniel Salaverry fue elegido como nuevo presidente del Congreso|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/daniel-salaverry-elegido-nuevo-presidente-congreso-noticia-nndc-540266-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> He ran as a candidate for the presidency of Peru for the [[We Are Peru]] party in the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 general elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2021: JEE admite a trámite inscripción de fórmula presidencial de Somos Perú|url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/elecciones-2021-jee-admite-tramite-inscripcion-formula-presidencial-somos-peru-n429548|access-date=2021-05-10|website=canaln.pe|language=es}}</ref>

Salaverry unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of the [[Trujillo Province, Peru|Province of Trujillo]] twice. The first time, he ran in 2010 with the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]], and the second with the Popular Force.<ref>[http://elcomercio.pe/politica/actualidad/daniel-salaverry-vocero-que-cayo-norte-perfil-noticia-1914016 El Comercio: Daniel Salaverry, el vocero que cayó del norte [PERFIL]]</ref>

==Early life and education== Born in the northern city of [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]] in 1972, he was enrolled in the Claretiano School for his elementary and high school education. He pursued studies in Architecture at the [[Antenor Orrego Private University]], graduating with a Bachelor's degree.

==Political career== Salaverry was member of the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]] from 2002 to 2014. He later joined the [[Popular Force]] in 2014 and left in 2019.

=== Early political career === In 2006, he was elected to the Provincial Council of [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]]. In 2010, he ran for Mayor of Trujillo, losing by a small margin to [[Alliance for Progress (Peru)|Alliance for Progress]] leader [[César Acuña]], then-current Mayor running for reelection.

In 2014, he founded the "Democracy, Security and Values" Movement. Later that year, he allied with the [[Popular Force]] party in order to run for Mayor once again, this time losing against Elidio Espinoza Quispe, a former Police Colonel.

=== Congressman === In the [[2016 Peruvian general election|2016 elections]], he was elected to the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress]] representing the [[Department of La Libertad|La Libertad Region]] under the [[Popular Force]]. He has held the position of Spokesperson of the Popular Force Parliamentary Group. He was ultimately elected as [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of Congress]] for the annual term 2018-2019. In January 2019, he quit the Popular Force for discrepancies with his bench colleagues.

In July 2019, Salaverry joined the [[United for the Republic]] parliamentary group in order to be eligible to run for reelection as President of Congress. He was ultimately defeated by conservative leader [[Pedro Olaechea]], who was supported by the entire Popular Force party. According to a survey by El Comercio-Ipsos, upon leaving the Board of Directors he dismissed his management with 28% citizen approval.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perú|first=Redacción El Comercio|date=2019-07-25|title=Congreso: Daniel Salaverry finaliza su año de gestión con 28% de aprobación|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/daniel-salaverry-culmina-ano-gestion-presidente-congreso-28-aprobacion-ecpm-noticia-658385-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref>

On September 3, 2019, the full congress approved his suspension for 120 days for allegedly having presented false information and adulterated images in his representation reports presented before the Legislature.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perú|first=Redacción El Comercio|date=2019-09-03|title=Daniel Salaverry fue suspendido 120 días por decisión del pleno del Congreso|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/daniel-salaverry-suspendido-120-dias-decision-pleno-congreso-noticia-nndc-672147-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> The day after his suspension, the congressman from [[Popular Force]], Ángel Neyra, filed a constitutional complaint against Salaverry for breach of the regulations of Congress and tried to put into debate the reinstatement of [[Kenji Fujimori]], Guillermo Bocangel and Bienvenido Ramírez, other former members of Fuerza Popular sanctioned.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CORREO|first=NOTICIAS|date=2019-09-04|title=Presentan denuncia constitucional contra Daniel Salaverry {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/politica/angel-neyra-presenta-denuncia-constitucional-contra-congresista-daniel-salaverry-908558/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Correo|language=es}}</ref>

==== Distancing from Popular Force ==== On October 22, 2018, after many discrepancies with his colleagues on the bench, he requested a license from Fuerza Popular in order to maintain impartiality in the decisions he made as head of the Congress.

=== 2021 presidential campaign === On 5 September 2020, he announced his official candidacy for the presidency of the Republic for the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 general elections]], this time under the [[We Are Peru]] party in which he had been affiliated since June of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2019-09-08|title=Daniel Salaverry: Es una decisión tomada postular a la Presidencia de la República {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/daniel-salaverry-decision-tomada-postular-presidencia-republica-ecpm-noticia-672910-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> On September 8 of the same year, within the framework of the reform proposal to advance the general elections proposed by President Martín Vizcarra, Salaverry revealed that Fuerza Popular had the intention of advancing the electoral elections since 2018, a month after he assumed the presidency of the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daniel Salaverry: Keiko Fujimori me dijo que me preparara para convocar a elecciones|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/daniel-salaverry-keiko-fujimori-me-dijo-que-me-preparara-para-convocar-a-elecciones-noticia-1218554|access-date=2021-05-11|website=rpp.pe|language=es}}</ref> In October 2020, Salaverry registered his candidacy for the Presidency for the We Are Peru party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA|title=Elecciones 2021: Daniel Salaverry inscribe lista a la presidencia en Somos Perú|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-elecciones-2021-daniel-salaverry-inscribe-lista-a-presidencia-somos-peru-818971.aspx|access-date=2021-05-23|website=andina.pe|language=es}}</ref> Former President [[Martín Vizcarra]] announced on 27 November 2020 that he would campaign for a seat in congress for the [[2021 Peruvian congressional election|2021 general election]], joining the [[We Are Peru]] party, a party that [[Removal of Martín Vizcarra|voted for his removal]] just weeks before.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-28|title=Martín Vizcarra confirma que postulará al Congreso por el partido Somos Perú {{!}} NNDC {{!}} PERU|url=https://gestion.pe/peru/martin-vizcarra-confirma-que-postulara-al-congreso-por-el-partido-somos-peru-nndc-noticia/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Gestión|language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 November 2020|title=El ex presidente de Perú, Martín Vizcarra, se postulará al Congreso en abril de 2021|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/11/28/el-ex-presidente-de-peru-martin-vizcarra-se-postulara-al-congreso-en-abril-de-2021/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-04|website=[[Infobae]]|language=es-ES}}</ref> Salaverry, who was running as a presidential candidate for We Are Peru, welcomed Vizcarra to the party.<ref name=":0" /> If elected into congress, Vizcarra would obtain [[parliamentary immunity]] from the investigations that resulted with his removal from the presidency.<ref name=":0" />

In March 2021, he declared that part of his program involves radicalizing immigration control and expelling the undocumented, generating rejection on social networks. Salaverry assured that he does not care about the criticism that rains him for his statement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Semana|date=2021-03-02|title=Polémicas declaraciones del candidato a la presidencia peruana Daniel Salaverry sobre la migración venezolana|url=https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/polemicas-declaraciones-del-candidato-a-la-presidencia-peruana-daniel-salaverry-sobre-la-migracion-venezolana/202140/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo|language=spanish}}</ref> Later, after being rebuked by a Venezuelan on [[Avenida Tacna|Tacna Avenue]], in the area of Lima, he responded in a confrontational manner.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

As of 2021, he had an open investigation in the Public Ministry after being accused of falsifying his reports during his tenure as congressman.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Deuda coactiva de Rafael López con Sunat subió a más de S/ 33 millones|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/2021/03/31/deuda-coactiva-de-lopez-aliaga-con-la-sunat-sube-a-s-33-millones/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=[[La República (Peru)|La República]]|language=es-PE}}</ref>

== Controversies == The Prosecutor's Office attributes to him having used Congress' resources, destined for his week of representation, for personal purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2020-11-29|title=Elecciones generales 2021 {{!}} Candidatos a la presidencia y con procesos en la Fiscalía {{!}} keiko fujimori {{!}} ollanta humala {{!}} cesar acuña {{!}} daniel urresti {{!}} julio guzman {{!}} daniel salaverry {{!}} rafael lopez aliaga {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://peru21.pe/politica/elecciones-generales-2021-candidatos-a-la-presidencia-y-con-procesos-en-la-fiscalia-keiko-fujimori-ollanta-humala-cesar-acuna-daniel-urresti-julio-guzman-daniel-salaverry-rafael-lopez-aliaga-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Peru21|language=es}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Daniel Salaverry}} *[http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2016/salaverry/_hoja-vida.htm Official Congressional Site (2006 term)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170118094340/http://aplicaciones007.jne.gob.pe/pecaoe/sipe/HojaVidaEG.aspx?cod=KrWuMqDshU0ljq004NMToQ%3d%3d Resume on the National Electoral Panel (JNE) site] {{Peruvian political crisis}}

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