Luis Giampietri | |
|---|---|
 Giampietri in 2016 | |
| First Vice President of Peru | |
| In office 28 July 2006 – 28 July 2011 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Raúl Diez Canseco |
| Succeeded by | Marisol Espinoza |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2011 | |
| Constituency | Callao |
| Lima City Councilman | |
| In office 1 January 1999 – 31 December 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Alejandro Giampietri Rojas 31 December 1940 Callao, Peru |
| Died | 4 October 2023 (aged 82) Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Peruvian Aprista Party (2006–2011) Vamos Vecino (1998) |
| Spouse | Lidia Marcela Ramos Seminario |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Peruvian Naval School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Peru |
| Branch/service |  Peruvian Navy |
| Years of service | 1960–1996 |
| Rank | Admiral |
Luis Alejandro Giampietri Rojas (31 December 1940 – 4 October 2023) was a Peruvian politician belonging to the Peruvian Aprista Party and an admiral of the Peruvian Navy. Giampietri ran successfully as Alan García's first running mate in the 2006 general election. He was sworn in on 28 July 2006 and served until 28 July 2011.[1] He was also elected as Congressman representing the Constitutional Province of Callao for the 2006–2011 term. He lost his seat in the 2011 elections when he ran for re-election under the Radical Change party, but he received a minority of votes, and the Radical Change failed to pass the electoral threshold and subsequently lost its registration the following year. Before he served as Vice President and Congressman, Giampietri was a Lima City Councilman from 1999 to 2002, elected under the Fujimorist Vamos Vecino, close to then-President Alberto Fujimori.
Giampietri was one of the naval officers implicated in the massacre on El Frontón, a prison island off the coast of Callao.[2] The massacre took place during Alan García's administration, on 18 June 1986, after Shining Path prisoners staged an uprising at El Frontón and two other prisons. All the prisoners involved in the rebellion were killed, and Human Rights Watch claimed that evidence suggested that "no fewer than ninety" of the prisoners killed were victims of extrajudicial executions.[3][4]
- ^ "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
- ^ (in Spanish) Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Las ejecuciones extrajudiciales en el penal de El Frontón y Lurigancho (1986).
- ^ "World Prison Massacres". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008.
- ^ Weschler, Joanna (1993). The Human Rights Watch global report on prisons. Human Rights Watch. p. 93. ISBN 1-56432-101-0.