Early life and education
Guevara was born in the northern city of Chiclayo to a middle-class family on 13 June 1963. Upon completing his elementary education at an Adventist education in Jaén,Cajamarca,he was enrolled in the Elías Aguirre Military School of Chiclayo,from which he graduated in 1983 with a specialty in mechanics.
In 1987,he graduated as an electronic engineer from the Ricardo Palma University in Lima. In 2001,he completed a master's degree in administration at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. In addition,he holds a diploma in Advanced Studies from the University of Seville,from which he is currently a business administration doctoral candidate.
Academic and management career
Within his academic experience,Guevara served as Director of the Professional Academic School of Electronic Engineering of the Ricardo Palma University. In addition,he served as a lecturer at the graduate schools of the National University of San Marcos,Peruvian Union University,and the Federico Villarreal National University.
Guevara also managed companies such as Singular S.A,a Peruvian consulting company in Business Management and Telecommunications;ECI TELECOM IBERICA and AMPER PERU,Spanish telecommunications companies. He also served as general manager of the Lucent Technologies company (Peru chapter).
Political career
Early political career
Guevara entered politics as he joined the Popular Action in 2004. At first,he was chosen to run for a seat in the Andean Parliament at the 2006 general election under the Centre Front coalition,but he was not elected. The same year,he ran for the first time for Governor of Cajamarca,garnering 6% of the vote and was once again not elected. Four years later,he ran for a second time,with 5% of the vote and was once again not elected. [3]
Congressman (2011–2016)
As the Possible Peru Alliance was established for the 2011 general election,Guevara was selected to run for the Peruvian Congress,representing the Cajamarca region. Attaining 18,041 votes and as the coalition placed third in the region,he was elected as one of the five congressmen from the Popular Action party in Congress. [4]
During his term,he remained an adamant voice against congressional reelection,for which he submitting a bill for amending the Constitution of Peru in order to rule-out immediate congressional reelection. His bill was ultimately rejected by the Constitution committee. For the next general election cycle,he declined to run for reelection,basing his decision in coherence to the motive of the bill. [5] However,it was approved years later in a 2018 referendum.
Party politics
At party leadership level,Guevara was elected President of Popular Action for the 2014-2019 term,defeating former Party President Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde and Elías Mendoza Habersperger. He still served in the position after 2019 although his term had expired,as the party was yet to convene a national convention to elect a new party leadership. [6] He was previously,the General Secretary of the Popular Action from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2013. He resigned from the party in November 2023. [2] He joined the Purple Party in January 2024. [7]
Presidential nomination run (2015)
For the 2016 general election,Guevara announced his candidacy for President of Peru. At the primary election held on 20 December 2015,former Congressman Alfredo Barnechea won the presidential nomination with 52.1% of the vote,defeating Guevara who attained 41.5% of the vote. [8]
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