Background
Alan García Pérez was born in Lima on 23 May 1949 in a family that had been active in the Pemvian Aprista Party (PAP) since its inception in 1930.
Alan García Pérez was born in Lima on 23 May 1949 in a family that had been active in the Pemvian Aprista Party (PAP) since its inception in 1930.
He studied in public schools of Barranco and then at Lima’s Catholic University, San Marcos, and the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. His law degree was awarded by San Marcos in 1972, and his doctorate in jurisprudence by the Complutense. In France he did postgraduate work at the University of Paris under the direction of François Bourricaud, a sociologist who specialized in Peruvian affairs.
After five years in Europe (1973-1977), Garcia returned to Peru. He was elected member of the Constituent Assembly in 1978 and deputy in 1980. In 1982 he was elected secretary general of PAP. He was elected president of the republic on April 14, 1985, with 48 percent of the votes. In his writings and speeches, Alan Garcia proposed a decentralized government, the promotion of agriculture and industry, and concerted Latin American action to obtain better conditions for the payment of the country’s huge international debt.