Daniel Abugattás

Daniel Fernando Abugattás Majluf (born 14 April 1955 in Arequipa) is a Peruvian businessman and politician belonging to the Peruvian Nationalist Party. He served in the Peruvian Congress representing the constituency of Lima from 2006 to 2016.[1]

Daniel Abugattás
President of Congress
In office
July 26, 2011 – July 26, 2012
Preceded byCésar Zumaeta
Succeeded byVíctor Isla
Member of Congress
In office
July 26, 2006 – July 26, 2016
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Born (1955-04-14) 14 April 1955
Arequipa, Peru
Political partyAlliance for Progress
Other political
affiliations		Peruvian Nationalist Party (until 2016)
Peru Wins (2010-2012)
Alma materPUCP
ProfessionLawyer, businessman

Daniel Abugattás studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima. Subsequently, he pursued a master program in economic law at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Xochimilco, Mexico, from 1980 to 1981. Moreover, in 1982, he took a specialization course in quality management at the Japanese Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) in Osaka. From 1980 to 1994, he worked as a procurator for Fabrica Moderna S.A. in Lima. From 1994 to 2006, he was the general director of Nielsen Peru.

In 2006, he was elected as a congressman on the joint Union for Peru and Peruvian Nationalist Party list, representing the city of Lima. After the breakup of the alliance following the 2006 elections, Abugattás decided to sit with the Nationalists. From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the political commission of the Nationalist Party. From 2010 to 2011, Abugattás was the spokesman of the Nationalist bench in Congress. After Ollanta Humala and his Nationalist-dominated Peru Wins alliance won the 2011 general election, in which Abugattás was re-elected to his seat, For the annual 2011-12 term, he was elected President of the Congress.[2]

References
  1. "Abugattas garantiza coordinación entre Legislativo y Ejecutivo", El Comercio.pe (in Spanish), 26 July 2011, retrieved 5 August 2011
  2. http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/daniel_abugattas
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