Luis Solari

Luis Solari
Member of Congress
In office
26 July 2001 – 26 July 2006
ConstituencyLima
In office
26 July 2000 – 26 July 2001
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born
Luis María Santiago Eduardo Solari de la Fuente

(1948-01-28) 28 January 1948 (age 76)
Lima, Peru
Political partyNational Solidarity
Other political
affiliations
Possible Peru

Luis María Santiago Eduardo Solari de la Fuente (born 28 January 1948) is a Peruvian politician of Italian descent and a founding member of Possible Peru. He has served as Health Minister and studied internal medicine at the National University of San Marcos. He gained notice in his work for Catholic Church in Peru and received the title commander from the Holy See in 1997.[1] He also belongs to Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana. This relates to his time as Health Minister in that he opposed abortion and introduced a Day of the Unborn.[2] He is also a former Prime Minister of Peru.[3] He would later switch to the National Solidarity Party.

  1. ^ Roger East; Richard Thomas (2003). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Psychology Press. pp. 414–415. ISBN 978-1-85743-126-1.
  2. ^ Christina Ewig (March 2011). Second-Wave Neoliberalism: Gender, Race, and Health Sector Reform in Peru. Penn State Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-271-03712-7.
  3. ^ John Crabtree (2011). Fractured Politics: Peruvian Democracy Past and Present. School of Advanced Study. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-9567549-0-5.