Luis Bedoya Reyes

Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes (born February 20, 1919) is a Peruvian Christian Democrat (PDC) and Christian People's Party (PPC) politician in the late 1960s. He was the mayor of Lima from 1964 to 1969.[1] He is also a former Minister of Justice, member of the Peruvian Congress and ran for Peruvian president two times. He was the founder of the Christian People's Party (PPC).[2] As of 2020, Bedoya is the oldest Latin American politician, being 101 years old.

Luis Bedoya Reyes
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office 28 July 1978 – 26 July 1980
Constituency	National
Mayor of Lima
In office 1 January 1964 – 31 January 1969
Preceded by	Anita Fernandini de Naranjo
Succeeded by	Eduardo Dibós Chappuis
Minister of Justice and Worship of Peru
In office 28 July 1963 – 31 December 1963
President	Fernando Belaúnde
Prime Minister	Julio Óscar Trelles Montes
Preceded by	Juan Orrego Aguinaga
Succeeded by	Emilio Llosa Ricketts
President of the Christian People's Party Current Founding President (Honorary Title)
In office 18 December 1966 – 18 December 1999
Preceded by	Party founded
Succeeded by	Ántero Flores Aráoz (President)
Personal details
Born	(1919-02-20) February 20, 1919 Chucuito, Callao, Peru
Political party	Christian People's Party

Retired from politics since 1999, he serves as counselor of the Bedoya Law Firm (Estudio Bedoya Abogados).

See also

• Christian People's Party (Peru)

References

1. Howard Handelman & Thomas Griffin Sanders. Military government and the movement toward democracy in South America. p. 113.
2. Luis Bedoya: No debilitemos al hombre que va a presidir el país Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Anita Fernandini de Naranjo	Mayor of Lima 1964–1969	Succeeded by Eduardo Dibós Chappuis