06:50 | Washington, Jun. 20 (ANDINA).
Peruvian congressman and former mayor of Lima, Alberto Andrade Carmona, died at a Washington private hospital Friday night due to complications associated with pulmonary fibrosis.
According to his brother Fernando Andrade, the former mayor of Lima has died at the age of 65 from pulmonary fibrosis.
Alberto Manuel Andrade Carmona was a Peruvian politician, born in Lima and mayor of that city from 1996 to 2002.
Trained as a lawyer at the National University of San Marcos, started his political career as a member of the Christian People's Party in 1983, resigning to found his own political party, Somos Perú in 1994, to run as an independent for the 1995 Municipal elections.
In 1995, Andrade won the elections as mayor of Lima and was sworn in 1996. During his term as mayor, he made several public works such as:
- The Javier Prado Highway (turning the portion of Javier Prado Avenue between Paseo de la Republica and Circunvalacion Expressways, originally a boulevard, into its own expressway)
- Modernizing parks and squares
- Improving the city's taxicab system
- The rebirth of the defunct Downtown Lima
In 1998, his high popularity won him another term in office. In 2000, he stood against President Alberto Fujimori in the presidential elections, but received only 3.0% of the vote, and continued as mayor.
In the 2002 municipal elections, he ran for a third term, promising to modernize transport, bringing Colombian public buses, but he was defeated by Luis Castañeda Lossio of the National Unity Party.
He run unsuccessfully for the First Vice-Presidence of the Peruvian national election, 2006 on Frente de Centro's ticket, but was elected for a seat in Congress.
He died in Washington on June 19th of 2009 from pulmonary fibrosis.
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Publicado: 20/6/2009