We will be sending our own observers in to monitor the electoral process.
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| Birth: | 23rd May, 1949 |
| Nationality: | Peruvian |
| Profession: | President |
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Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez is a Peruvian lawyer, sociologist and politician. He was the President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He is the leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and the only party member ever to have served as President. His first term was marked by a severe economic crisis, social unrest and violence. He ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency in 2001, losing in a run-off to Alejandro Toledo. During his second term Peru averaged seven percent GDP growth a year, held inflation below three percent annually and collated Peru's foreign exchange reserves at US$47 billion; however his tenureship also resulted in increased environment damage according to critics and increased social conflict, according to the national human rights ombudsman's office.
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