Luis Valdez Farías

Luis Alberto Valdez Farías (born 2 April 1979) is a Peruvian politician. He is a Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2020 to 2021 term. He is a member of the Alliance for Progress party.

Luis Valdez Farías
President of Congress
In office 10 November 2020 – 15 November 2020
Vice President	Guillermo Aliaga María Teresa Cabrera
Preceded by	Manuel Merino
Succeeded by	Rocío Silva-Santisteban (Acting)
First Vice President of Congress
In office 16 March 2020 – 10 November 2020
President	Manuel Merino
Preceded by	Karina Beteta
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of Congress
In office 16 March 2020 – 10 November 2020
Constituency	La Libertad
4th Governor of La Libertad Region
In office 12 October 2015 – 31 December 2018
Lieutenant	Julio Manuel Miyamoto Saito
Preceded by	César Acuña Peralta
Succeeded by	Manuel Llempén Coronel
4th Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region
In office 1 January 2015 – 12 October 2015
Governor	César Acuña Peralta
Preceded by	Mónica Sánchez Minchola
Succeeded by	Juan Manuel Miyamoto Saito
Secretary General of Alliance for Progress
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 October 2019
Preceded by	Luis Iberico Núñez
Personal details
Born	Luis Alberto Valdez Farías (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 Bellavista, Piura, Peru
Political party	Alliance for Progress (2013–present)
Alma mater	César Vallejo University (LLB) National University of Trujillo (MA)

He was Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region throughout 2015 until governor César Acuña Peralta resigned in order to run for President of Peru in the 2016 Peruvian general election.

During the second presidential vacancy process against Vizcarra, Valdéz voted in favor of the declaration of moral incapacity against Martín Vizcarra. The vacancy was approved by 105 parliamentarians on November 9, 2020.