Pitter Enrique Valderrama Peña (born 14 April 1988) is a Peruvian politician and journalist. A member of the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA), he is currently a member of the party's National Political Commission since July 2021 and the party’s presidential nominee for the upcoming 2026 presidential election.[1][2]
As a journalist, he collaborates as a columnist for Expreso.[3] He is also the founder of the political affairs portal Punto de Encuentro.[4]
Political career
Valderrama is a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party since 2002 when he was still a minor, but became a fully-registered member in 2010.[5] He was chosen to run for the Lima Metropolitan Council in the 2010 municipal election, but the party's list with Carlos Roca as mayoral nominee was ultimately withdrawn.[6]
From 2011 to 2012, Valderrama served as General Secretary of the Aprista University Command at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he studied law at the time.[7]
On 21 July 2021, Valderrama was appointed directly by party leader César Trelles as a member of the National Political Commission chaired by former congressman Mauricio Mulder. He is considered a strong contender for the leadership of the APRA within an influx of young leaders for the party's renewal.[8][9]
At the primary election held on 30 November 2025, Valderrama narrowly secured the party’s presidential nomination, finishing first with 3,779 votes (25.80 percent), a margin of 198 votes over Velásquez, who received 3,581 votes (24.50 percent).[12][13] The outcome was broadly seen as a major upset from an external perspective, since the more seasoned candidates were widely expected to prevail based on their established political careers and internal coalitions.[14]
↑"ENRIQUE VALDERRAMA WILL BE THE APRA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 2026 ELECTIONS". Latin American News (in Spanish). 1 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025. Con el 100% de los votos escrutados, la lista 7 de Enrique Valderrama superó a la lista 13 de Javier Velásquez Quesquén. De este modo, el joven abogado representará al partido APRA en las elecciones de 2026 tras obtener 3711 votos, mientras que su rival Velásquez obtuvo 3527 votos.
↑"¿Quién es Enrique Valderrama, el joven candidato presidencial del partido aprista?". El Comercio (in Spanish). 1 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025. Enrique Valderrama—member of the APRA Political Commission, law graduate, and columnist—has just been elected as the presidential nominee for the Aprista Party, in what must be the most hotly contested primaries at the Casa del Pueblo in recent years. In an interview with El Comercio, he said that the party must reaffirm "its democratic leftist perspective."
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