{{Short description|Peruvian politician}} {{Family name hatnote|Tejada|Galindo|lang=Spanish}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sergio Tejada | death_date = | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|PUCP]] | profession = Sociologist | occupation = Politician | spouse = | party = [[Peruvian Nationalist Party]] | death_place = | birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] | image = Sergio Tejada.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|4|16}} | birth_name = Sergio Fernando Tejada Galindo | constituency = [[Lima]] | term_end = July 26, 2016 | term_start = July 26, 2011 | office = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | caption = Former Congressman Tejada speaking in Congress in 2012 | website = }}
'''Sergio Fernando Tejada Galindo''' (born 16 April 1980) is a Peruvian sociologist and politician who served as a [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congressman]] representing the constituency of [[Lima]] from 2011 to 2016.
== Biography == He was born in the [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores district]] of [[Lima Province|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|David Tejada de Rivero]] during the first [[Alan García]] administration.<ref name="comercio">{{cite news|date=2018-11-04|title=Falleció David Tejada de Rivero, ex ministro de Salud|work=[[El Comercio (Peru)]]|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/fallecio-david-tejada-rivero-ex-ministro-salud-noticia-574276|url-status=live|accessdate=2018-12-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104212112/https://elcomercio.pe/politica/fallecio-david-tejada-rivero-ex-ministro-salud-noticia-574276|archivedate=2018-11-04}}</ref><ref name="andina">{{cite news|date=2018-11-04|title=Fallece exministro de Salud David Tejada de Rivero|work=[[Andina (news agency)]]|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-fallece-exministro-salud-david-tejada-rivero-731671.aspx|url-status=live|accessdate=2018-12-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105121714/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-fallece-exministro-salud-david-tejada-rivero-731671.aspx|archivedate=2018-11-05}}</ref>
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 [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|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 [[2011 Peruvian general election|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,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones Presidenciales, Congresales y de Parlamento Andino Peru 2011|url=https://www.web.onpe.gob.pe/modElecciones/elecciones/elecciones2011/1ravuelta/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.web.onpe.gob.pe}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2018-11-27|title=Sergio Tejada: "Me indignó que García utilice a la Megacomisión como un argumento para solicitar asilo" {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://peru21.pe/politica/sergio-tejada-me-indigno-garcia-utilice-mega-comision-asilo-442990-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Peru21|language=es}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=>> Agencias ISBN|url=http://isbn.bnp.gob.pe/catalogo.php?mode=detalle&nt=108287|access-date=2021-05-21|website=isbn.bnp.gob.pe}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Peruvian Congress (2011–2016)}} {{Authority control}}
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