Luis Iberico (politician)

Luis Iberico Núnez
President of Congress
In office 26 July 2015 – 26 July 2016
Vice President	1st Vice President Natalie Condori 2nd Vice President Mariano Portugal 3rd Vice President Luis Galarreta
Preceded by	Ana María Solórzano
Succeeded by	Luz Salgado
In office 22 July 2014 – 26 July 2014 Acting
Vice President	3rd Vice President José Luna
Preceded by	Fredy Otárola
Succeeded by	Ana María Solórzano
Second Vice President of Congress
In office 26 July 2013 – 22 July 2014
President	Fredy Otárola
Preceded by	Juan Carlos Eguren
Succeeded by	Norman Lewis de Alcázar
Member of Congress
In office 8 May 2019 – 16 March 2020
Preceded by	Edwin Donayre
Constituency	Lima
In office 26 July 2011 – 26 July 2016
Constituency	Lima
In office 26 July 2001 – 26 July 2006
Constituency	Lima
In office 26 July 2000 – 26 July 2001
Constituency	National
Ambassador of Peru to Italy
In office 29 September 2016 – 25 November 2018
Preceded by	Eda Rivas
Succeeded by	Eduardo Martinetti
Secretary General of the Alliance for Progress
In office 12 July 2019 – 18 October 2019
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Luis Valdez Farías
In office 7 March 2014 – 26 November 2016
Personal details
Born	Luis Carlos Antonio Iberico Núñez (1959-02-01) 1 February 1959 (age 65) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Alliance for Progress (2010–present)
Other political affiliations	Alliance for the Great Change (2010-2011) Independent Moralizing Front (2000-2007)
Spouse	Gioconda Carmela Bellomo Montalvo
Children	3
Parent(s)	Juan Gilberto Iberico María Luisa Núñez García
Alma mater	National University of San Marcos University of Lima Ricardo Palma University

Luis Carlos Antonio Iberico Núnez (born 1 February 1959) is an Argentine-born Peruvian journalist and politician. Throughout his journalistic career, he served in various news stations during the 1980s and 1990s. He gained prominence for his fight against the Alberto Fujimori administration, denouncing several allegations of corruption involving the press. Alongside Fernando Olivera, he presented the first "Vladi-videos" that would prove the major corruption operations headed by Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos. His role in Fujimori's downfall would gain him support in a career in politics.^[1]

Throughout his political life, he has served as Congressman for four terms, three of them being non-consecutive, between the years 2000 and 2020. He would serve as President of Congress for a brief period of days in July 2014 and for a full-term from 2015 to 2016 and the only opposition Congress President during the presidency of Ollanta Humala. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Peruvian Ambassador to Italy, appointed during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and also served under the presidency of Martin Vizcarra.^[1]

Iberico served as Secretary General of the Alliance for Progress party from 2014 to 2016, and from July 2019 until his resignation in October 2019.^[2] He was succeeded by current congressman and former governor of La Libertad Region, Luis Valdez Farías. For the 2021 general elections, he is the second running mate of César Acuña. However, the ticket was disqualified on 8 January 2021, due to incomplete information regarding the presidential nominee's income in registration form.^[3] However, the ticket was reinstated on 22 January 2021 following an appeal.^[4] The ticket ultimately placed seventh with 6% of the popular vote in a heavily atomized election, managing to win La Libertad Region only, Acuna's home, although the party achieved congressional representation throughout the country.^[5]