Martha Moyano

{{Short description|Peruvian nurse and politician}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Martha Moyano | image = Congresista Martha Moyano.jpg | office1 = [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of Congress]] | term_label1 = Acting | term_start1 = 5 September 2022 | term_end1 = 12 September 2022 | vice_president1 = '''1st Vice President''' ''Herself'' '''2nd Vice President''' [[:es:Digna Calle|Digna Calle]] '''3rd Vice President''' [[Alejandro Muñante]] | predecessor1 = [[Lady Camones]] | successor1 = [[José Williams]] {{Collapsed infobox section begin | last = Yes | Congress roles | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey;}} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = Yes | office4 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|First Vice President of Congress]] | term_start4 = 27 July 2022 | term_end4 = 26 July 2023 | president4 = [[Lady Camones]] ''Herself'' (Interim) [[José Williams]] | predecessor4 = [[Lady Camones]] | successor4 = [[Hernando Guerra García]] | office7 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Second Vice President of Congress]] | term_start7 = 27 July 2007 | term_end7 = 26 July 2008 | president7 = [[Luis Gonzales Posada]] | predecessor7 = [[Fabiola Morales]] | successor7 = [[Álvaro Gutiérrez (politician)|Álvaro Gutiérrez]] {{Collapsed infobox section end}}}} | office2 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Senate]] | constituency2 = [[Peru|Nationwide]] | term_start2 = 27 July 2026 | term_end2 = | status2 = Elect | office3 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | constituency3 = [[Lima]] | term_start3 = 27 July 2021 | term_end3 = | constituency4 = [[Lima]] | term_start4 = 29 August 2001 | term_end4 = 26 July 2011 | constituency5 = [[Lima]] | predecessor5 = [[:es:Carmen Lozada|Carmen Lozada]] | term_start5 = 27 July 2000 | term_end5 = 26 July 2001 | office6 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Lima Metropolitan Councillor]] | term_start6 = 1 January 2019 | term_end6 = 12 March 2021 | successor6 = Jorge Nakamura | birth_name = Martha Lupe Moyano Delgado | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|14}} | party = [[Popular Force]] {{small|(2020-present)}} | other_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2010-2020)}} [[Sí Cumple]] {{small|(2004-2010)}} | education = | birth_place = [[Callao]], Perú | caption = Moyano in 2010 }}

'''Martha Lupe Moyano Delgado''' (born October 14, 1964) is a [[Peru]]vian nurse, [[Fujimorism|Fujimorist]] politician and a [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|congresswoman]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ortiz|first=Claudia|date=2021-05-02|title=Martha Moyano, virtual congresista de Fuerza Popular: "Keiko Fujimori para mí ha estado bien a la altura, preparada"|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/elecciones/martha-moyano-virtual-congresista-de-fuerza-popular-keiko-fujimori-para-mi-ha-estado-bien-a-la-altura-preparada-noticia-1334623|access-date=2021-05-29|website=RPP|language=es}}</ref> representing [[Lima Region|Lima]] for the 2021–2026 term, previously serving in the 2000–2001, 2001–2006, and 2006-2011 terms. Moyano belongs to the [[Alliance for the Future (Peru)|Alliance for the Future]] party. She is the sister of [[María Elena Moyano]], who was assassinated by [[Shining Path]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-21|title=Martha Moyano aclaró el distanciamiento ideológico de su hermana María Elena con Sendero Luminoso|url=https://www.expreso.com.pe/politica/martha-moyano-aclaro-el-distanciamiento-ideologico-de-su-hermana-maria-elena-con-sendero-luminoso/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Diario Expreso}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Peruvian Congress removes president from office |url=https://aldianews.com/en/politics/policy/peruvian-congress |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Al Día News |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Moyano was born in [[Callao]] on October 14, 1964. She is the daughter of Hermógenes Moyano Lescano and Eugenia Delgado Cabrera. Her sister was [[María Elena Moyano|María Elena Moyano, a Peruvian activist who was shot and dynamited]] by the [[Shining Path]] terrorist group in [[Villa El Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martha Lupe Moyano Delgado |url=https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2006/mmoyano/hoja_vida.htm |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=www4.congreso.gob.pe}}</ref>

She completed her early school studies at Colegio 6069 Pachacútec in Villa El Salvador.

She began her technical studies in nursing at the Andrés Belaúnde Study Center in 1978 and finished in 1981. In 2010, she began studying law at Telesup University.

== Political career == Her political career began in the municipal elections of 1995, where she was a candidate as councilor of [[Lima]] for Cambio 90 - Nueva Mayoría. However, she was not elected.

She ran for mayor of Villa El Salvador in the municipal elections of 1998, for [[Sí Cumple|Vamos Vecino]], again without success.

=== First Congressional Career ===

[[File:Martha Moyano 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Moyano in 2010]]

In the [[2000 Peruvian general election|2000 general elections]], Moyano was elected congresswoman of the republic by the [[Peru 2000]] alliance, with 25,802 votes, for the 2000–2005 parliamentary term.

In November 2000, her parliamentary position was reduced until 2001 after the publication of electoral fraud and Alberto Fujimori's resignation from the presidency of the republic, by fax from Japan. In the same year, new general elections were called for 2001, in which Moyano sought re-election to Congress with [[Cambio 90 – New Majority|Cambio 90 - Nueva Mayoría]], without success.

In August 2001, after Congresswoman Carmen Lozada was removed from office for corruption, Moyano was summoned by Congress to fill the seat. She was sworn in as an assistant congresswoman for the 2001-2006 parliamentary term.

In the [[2006 Peruvian general election|2006 general elections]], she was again elected congresswoman for [[Alliance for the Future (Peru)|Alianza por el Futuro]], with 9,938 votes, for the 2006-2011 parliamentary period.

During her parliamentary work, she was the second vice president of Congress on the board of directors chaired by [[Luis Gonzales Posada]] (2007-2008). Between 2009 and 2011, she fulfilled her work as a congresswoman in the different work commissions of the Congress of the Republic, such as Decentralization, Constitution, Housing, and Lifting of Immunity.

Completing her legislative work, Moyano again attempted her re-election to Congress in the [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011 general elections]] by [[Popular Force|Fuerza 2011]] led by [[Keiko Fujimori]]. However, she was not reelected.

=== Alderman of Lima === In the municipal elections of 2018, Moyano was elected alderman of [[Lima]], by [[Popular Force|Fuerza Popular]], for the municipal period 2019–2022.

She resigned in 2020 to run as a candidate for Congress in the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 elections]].

=== Second Congressional Career === In the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 general elections]], Moyano was again elected congresswoman of the republic by Fuerza Popular, with 23,262 votes, for the 2021-2026 parliamentary term. From 8 to 12 of September 2022, she served as the interim president of [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Peruvian Congress]].<ref name=gruporpp>{{Cite web |last=GrupoRPP |date=September 2, 2022 |title=Martha Moyano: "Ningún partido ni bancada decide lo que se prioriza en la Comisión de Constitución" |url=https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/martha-moyano-ningun-partido-ni-bancada-decide-lo-que-se-prioriza-en-la-comision-de-constitucion-noticia-1429190 |access-date=September 13, 2022 |website=RPP |language=es}}</ref>

== Controversies ==

=== Conviction for defamation === On January 22, 2019, she was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of aggravated defamation with the sentence suspended. She accused Jenny Romero Coro, in 2017, of being a participant in the murder of María Elena Moyano. She was sentenced in the first instance, but, after the appeal, the sentence was dismissed.<ref name=gruporpp/>

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2006/mmoyano/datos.htm Official Congressional Site]

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