Fernando Olivera

Luis Fernando Olivera Vega ( born September 14, 1958 in Lima) is a Peruvian politician and served from August 12 to August 16, 2005 Foreign Minister of Peru.

In 1985 he was elected at the age of 26 years as the youngest Member of Parliament on the list of the Movimiento Independiente Convergencia Democrática the Peruvian Parliament. In 1990 he founded the Frente Independiente Moralizador (FIM ), which he is chairman. In the elections of 2004, these received nine seats. The FIM supports the President Toledo in Congress, where his party Perú Posible (PP ) does not have a majority. In 2001, Olivera Minister of Justice of Peru.

Olivera is considered uncompromising reconnaissance of corruption cases. He has a parliamentary committee of inquiry set up, trying to elucidate the origin of the assets of former President Alan García and irregularities in his administration. Landesweitres He caused a sensation by a video that Vladimiro Montesinos, former narrowest of ex-president Alberto Fujimori staff shows when handing over a sum of money in the amount of $ 15,000 to the opposition MP Alberto Kouri for his conversion to the pro-presidential electoral alliance of 2000.

Because of its undiplomatic way Olivera is controversial both in opposition and in parts of the Cabinet. Olivera, who is not a career diplomat, was ambassador to Spain. Shortly before his appointment as foreign minister, he had three provincial governments pledged support, which had approved the cultivation of coca in several valleys, although they can be used for the production of cocaine.

Oliveras appointment as foreign minister led mid-August 2005 to the resignation of the Prime Minister Ferrero and thus the entire government.