Background and career
Ángel Javier Velásquez Quesquén (born 12 March 1960) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he has served in Congress between 2001 and 2019, previously serving from 1995 to 2000.
Raised in Lambayeque, Velásquez started his political career from a young age, attaining positions among the party's regional cadres as a build-up to his first election to Congress in 1995. Following two consecutive reelections, he was elected President of Congress for the 2008–2009 legislature, and was subsequently appointed as Alan García's third Prime Minister of Peru of the administration, serving in the position until late 2010.
Velásquez was a candidate for the APRA's presidential nomination in the 2026 presidential election.
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