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Place of Birth: Lima, Peru
About Fernando Olivera
- Fernando Olivera Vega (born in Lima on July 26, 1958) is a Peruvian politician and leader of Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), a Peruvian political party.
- Fernando Olivera (also known as Popy, after a popular 80's clown) gained some support after the fall of the Fujimori government as an anti-corruption figure, having made secret tapes public showing Fujimori's advisor Vladimiro Montesinos bribing money to Congressmen Alberto Kouri, politicians and members of the media. He and his party also have a history of confrontation with Alan GarcÃa and APRA.
- FIM has also been ruling party Peru Possible's main ally during Alejandro Toledo's government.
- Recently, his party has been weakened due to a scandal that cost him his office as ambassador to Spain.
- The dismissal was allegedly due to inefficiency during his office.
- His designation as Minister of Foreign Affairs was very controversial, due to his lack of experience as a diplomat and his reputation for being conflictive, forcing him to resign. He was registered as FIM's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election until 8 February 2006, when he dropped out of the race to lead the party's Congressional candidate list.
- His presidential campaign had been very unsuccessful, getting at most a couple percent of support nationwide, according to all public opinion polls since the official start of the electoral race in January.
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