15 Facts About Yonhy Lescano

Yonhy Lescano Ancieta was born on 15 February 1959 and is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action party.

Yonhy Lescano was a Congressman between 2001 until the dissolution of the Congress by Martin Vizcarra in 2019.

Yonhy Lescano was the Popular Action's presidential nominee in the 2021 general election and placed fifth in an atomized race of 18 nominees.

From 1976 to 1980, Yonhy Lescano studied law at the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa.

Yonhy Lescano was re-elected in the 2006 elections, on the joint Center Front coalition list which grouped the AP, We Are Peru and the National Coordinators of Independents, and in the 2011 elections on the list of the Possible Peru Alliance list, this time for the constituency of Lima, and in the 2016 elections for a final term, leaving office in 2019 in aftermath of the dissolution of the Congress by Martin Vizcarra.

In 2018, he disagreed with the final report of the Lava Jato Commission, chaired by Rosa Bartra, Yonhy Lescano argued that the report could not be trusted, in as the members of the commission's board of directors "were judge and party," members of APRA and Fuerza Popular, whose leaders were under investigation in the Lava Jato case.

Yonhy Lescano was the Popular Action party's General Secretary between 2009 and 2011.

Yonhy Lescano's running mates were Gisela Tipe and Alberto Velarde.

Yonhy Lescano was one of the frontrunners in the Presidential Race.

Yonhy Lescano disavowed Vizcarra's removal and Merino's role, siding with Cajamarca Governor Mesias Guevara in not approving his party's congressional caucus' decision.

Ultimately, Yonhy Lescano placing fifth in an atomized race of 18 nominees.

Yonhy Lescano has been described as having a center-left populist political position that is conservative in social aspects while being progressive economically.

Yonhy Lescano has made statements opposed to large mining companies within Peru and suggested the nationalization of resources in the nation.

Yonhy Lescano opposed several times to the decisions of his party, as when Congress was dissolved in 2019, he supported Martin Vizcarra's measure and did not attend to the inauguration of Vice President Mercedes Araoz.

Yonhy Lescano's party was politically affected after Vizcarra's impeachment and the sudden rise to power of party member Manuel Merino, who held the position only for five days and promptly resigning after the a series of protests.