Álvaro Gonzalo Gutiérrez Cueva (born 15 August 1964) is a Peruvian politician. He represented Arequipa from 2006 to 2011 in the Congress of the Republic of Peru, and he belongs to the Union for Peru party.
Political career
Gutiérrez was elected as a representative from the Arequipa electoral district in 2006 for the 2006–2011 parliamentary period with 48,417 votes. In 2006, he was expelled from the Peruvian Nationalist Party after criticizing Ollanta Humala and Gonzalo García Núñez, though he remained committed to Peruvian nationalism. In 2008, he was selected to serve on the board of Javier Velásquez as second vice president.
Controversies
In 2010, Gutiérrez was suspended for 120 days from the Congress of the Republic after being denounced by the Peruvian Nationalist Party for having left the country for 5 months despite having only 52 days leave.
In 2019, he was criticized after mocking the death of former Minister of Defense José Huerta through his Twitter account.
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