Fernando Olivera (politician)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Olivera and the second or maternal family name is Vega.

Fernando Olivera Vega
Minister of Foreign Relations
In office 11 August 2005 – 13 August 2005
President	Alejandro Toledo
Prime Minister	Carlos Ferrero
Preceded by	Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros
Succeeded by	Óscar Maúrtua
Ambassador of Peru to Spain
In office 27 November 2002 – 11 August 2005
Preceded by	Carlos Pareja Ríos
Succeeded by	José Lecaros de Cossío
Minister of Justice
In office 28 July 2001 – 21 July 2002
President	Alejandro Toledo
Prime Minister	Roberto Dañino
Preceded by	Diego García Sayán
Succeeded by	Fausto Alvarado
Member of Congress
In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 2001
Constituency	National
Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress
In office 26 November 1992 – 26 July 1995
Constituency	National
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 26 July 1985 – 5 April 1992
Constituency	Lima
Personal details
Born	Luis Fernando Olivera Vega (1958-07-26) 26 July 1958 Lima, Peru
Nationality	Peru
Political party	Front of Hope 2021 (2020-present)
Other political affiliations	Hope Front (2015-2016) Independent (2006-2015) Independent Moralizing Front (1990-2006) Christian People's Party (1985-1990)
Spouse	Rocío Grases Miró-Quesada
Children	Maria Fernanda Olivera Grases (daughter) Tamara Olivera Grases (daughter)
Parents	Luis Olivera Balmaceda (father) Zoila Vega Zavala (mother)
Alma mater	University of the Pacific
Occupation	Politician

Luis Fernando Olivera Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌlwis feɾˌnãn̪.d̪o o.liˌβ̞e.ɾa ˈβ̞e.ɣ̞a]; born 26 July 1958) is a Peruvian politician and leader of Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), a Peruvian political party.

Biography

Fernando Olivera (also known as Popy, after a popular 80's clown) gained some support after the fall of the Fujimori government as an anti-corruption figure, having made secret tapes public showing Fujimori's advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing money to Congressmen Alberto Kouri, politicians and members of the media to join Fujimori's Peru 2000 party.

He and his party also have a history of confrontation with Alan García and APRA. FIM has also been ruling party Peru Possible's main ally during Alejandro Toledo's government. In September 2002, he was appointed Ambassador of Peru to Spain, a position he held until August 11, 2005. Recently, his party has been weakened due to a scandal that cost him his office as ambassador to Spain. The dismissal was allegedly due to inefficiency during his office. His designation as Minister of Foreign Affairs was very controversial, due to his lack of experience as a diplomat and his reputation for being conflictive, forcing him to resign.

He was registered as FIM's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election until 8 February 2006, when he dropped out of the race to lead the party's Congressional candidate list. His presidential campaign had been very unsuccessful, getting at most a couple percent of support nationwide, according to all public opinion polls since the official start of the electoral race in January.

In 2015, he presented his candidacy for the 2016 general elections of Peru, for the Hope Front party, with Carlos Cuaresma and Juana Avellaneda as his candidates for First and Second Vice Presidents. Once the elections were held, they reached 203, 103 votes. Given that the electoral threshold is 5%, the party failed to cross the 5% threshold and lost its registration in the National Elections Jury.