Alejandro Enrique Cavero Alva (born 6 June 1992) is a Peruvian politician and former journalist currently serving as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru representing the Lima Metropolitan Area since 2021.
Cavero was born in Lima,Peru,on 6 June 1992,and lived four years in Venezuela before gaining admission to the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. [1] He attained his law degree in 2017,but rather practiced journalism while working at El Comercio. [2]
At the 2021 general election,Cavero was elected to Congress under Go on Country –Social Integration Party,with 30,243 votes,for the 2021–2026 term. [3]
In November 2021,he participated in a gathering with LGBT activists at the British Residence. For this,he was criticized for supporting at the same time the Spanish political party Vox,a party noted for a strong anti-LGBT agenda. This led to his coming out through his Twitter account,where he expressed being homosexual and "proudly right-wing". [4]
In August 2022,he presented a bill for civil unions between heterosexual and homosexual couples,but with limitations,such as same-sex adoption,which was criticized by some LGBT groups,who claimed that it was giving in to conservative pressure. [5] [6] Cavero defended the project,considering that it could be a good step to improve LGBT rights. [7]
Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||||
2021 | Member of Congress | Go on Country –Social Integration Party | 14 | Lima Metropolitan Area | 30,242 | 10.79% | 3rd [a] | Elected | [8] | |