Alan Gabriel Ludwig Garc�a P�rez is a Peruvian lawyer, sociologist and politician who was President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again 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. He ran again in 2006 and was elected to a second term. During Garc�a's 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 tenure also resulted in increased environmental damage, according to critics, and increased social conflict, according to the national human rights ombudsman's office. Garc�a succeeded in winning a second term in 2006 even though his first term in the 1980s was generally considered disastrous. He is known as an immensely talented and charismatic orator. 

May 23rd, 1949 in Lima as Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez  /  Died:   Apr 17th, 2019