Rafael Rey
Rafael Rey Rey (born February 26, 1954) is a Peruvian engineer, political commentator and politician who currently serves as member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Board of Directors since 2016. Throughout his political life, he served in the Peruvian Congress from 1990 to 2006. During the Second presidency of Alan García, he was appointed Minister of Production, Ambassador to Italy and Minister of Defense.
Rafael Rey Rey | |
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| Member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Board of Directors | |
| Assumed office October 27, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Peruvian Congress |
| Member of the Andean Parliament From Peru | |
| In office July 26, 2006 – July 26, 2016 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office July 11, 2009 – September 14, 2010 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Prime Minister | Javier Velásquez |
| Preceded by | Antero Flores Aráoz |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Thorne León |
| Ambassador of Peru to Italy | |
| In office February 17, 2009 – July 11, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Roca Cáceres |
| Succeeded by | Augusto Ferrero Costa |
| Minister of Production | |
| In office July 28, 2006 – October 14, 2008 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Prime Minister | Jorge Del Castillo |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office July 26, 1995 – July 26, 2006 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress | |
| In office November 26, 1992 – July 26, 1995 | |
| President of National Renewal | |
| In office September 1, 1992 – July 30, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Party founded |
| Succeeded by | Party dissolved |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office July 26, 1990 – April 5, 1992 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1954 Lima, Peru |
| Nationality |  |
| Political party | Independent (2012-present) |
| Other political affiliations | National Renewal (1992-2012) Liberty Movement (1987-1992) |
| Alma mater | University of Piura Catholic University of Peru |
| Occupation | Politician Political commentator |
| Profession | Industrial Engineer |
In 2010, Rey was selected by Keiko Fujimori as her first running mate in the 2011 general election with the Force 2011 ticket along Jaime Yoshiyama, being ultimately defeated by Ollanta Humala's Peru Wins ticket. Simultaneously, he was reelected to the Andean Parliament.
Rey is recognized as one of the most representative conservative politicians of Peru[1]. He founded and led the now-defunct National Renewal Party, a conservative party which formed part of the National Unity Alliance for the 2001 and 2006 general elections.
Early life and education
Rafael Rey was born to engineering professor Ricardo Rey Polis and Elsa Rey Elmore. He started his education at the Catholic college of San Isidro, owned by Marist Brothers. From 1971 to 1979 Rey studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Piura, where his father was first Rector, and the Catholic University of Peru. From 1982 to 1990 he was CEO of Crowley Peru S.A.[2]
Since 1991 Rey has been Executive President of the NPO Pro-Educación.[2]
First political experience
In 1987 he joined the pro-market Liberty Movement of Nobel laureate writer Mario Vargas Llosa which became part of the 1988 established broad liberal-conservative Democratic Front FREDEMO. Rey represented his party as Deputy National Secretary for Ideology and Culture in 1989 and Departmental Secretary for Lima from October 1989 to August 1992. In the polarised general elections of 1990 he was elected Member of the Chamber of Deputies for FREDEMO whereas the leader of the alliance, Vargas Llosa, was defeated in the presidential race by Alberto Fujimori. After Fujimori's de facto coup d'état during the constitutional crisis in 1992 and the decline of FREDEMO, Rey left the Liberty Movement and formed his own party, the National Renewal in August 1992, which he has chaired ever since.[2]
Congressman
Rafael Rey was elected Member of the so-called Democratic Constitutional Congress under the new unicameral constitution in 1992. He was re-elected Congressman for the National Renewal in 1995 and in 2000 as part of the alliance Avancemos led by Federico Salas who was afterwards appointed Prime Minister by President Fujimori. In the 2001 early elections caused by the corruption crisis leading to Fujimori's resignation, Rey contested as part of the Christian Democrats-led National Unity alliance of presidential candidate Lourdes Flores and was re-elected to the Congress. In 2006 he was voted one of five Peruvian representatives to the Andean Parliament, again on the ballot of Flores' National Unity.[2]
Minister
As President Alan García of the social democratic APRA party did not have a stable majority, he and his changing Prime Ministers tried to win multi-partisan support. Thus they appointed Rey twice to their governments, as Minister of Production from 2006 to 2008, and as Minister of Defense for a short period from 2009 to 2010. In between he served as Ambassador to Italy for from February to July 2009. His participation in Garcia's government led to the break with Flores and her oppositional National Unity Alliance.
Presidential election 2011
In the general election 2011 Rafael Rey changed sides and allied with Fujimori's daughter Keiko. He was candidate for her Vicepresident on the Force 2011 ticket. Keiko Fujimori lost to left-wing Ollanta Humala in the second round on June 5. Nevertheless, Rey was re-elected to the Andean Parliament as the Force 2011 representative with more than 470,000 votes, the best result for any candidate nationwide.[3]
Personal life
Rey is a numerary member of Opus Dei.
References
- https://elmontonero.pe/columnas/es-rafael-rey-el-bolsonaro-peruano
- Resume on the site of the National Electoral Panel (JNE) Archived 2012-11-28 at Archive.today. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- "Resultados elecciones generales 2011: Parlamento Andino". La Republica. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.