Omar Chehade

Omar Karim Chehade Moya (Arabic: عمر كريم شحادة مويا‎; Lima, 8 November 1970) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He worked as consultant lawyer in the Ad Hoc Anti-corruption Prosecution in judicial cases against ex-president Alberto Fujimori and his intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. He was the Second Vice President of Peru in Ollanta Humala's presidency from 2011 to 2012.[1]

Omar Karim Chehade Moya
عمر كريم شحادة مويا
Member of Congress
Assumed office
16 March 2020
ConstituencyLima
In office
26 July 2011 – 26 July 2016
ConstituencyLima
Second Vice President of Peru
In office
28 July 2011 – 31 January 2012
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byLourdes Mendoza del Solar
Succeeded byVacant
(Mercedes Aráoz elected in 2016)
Personal details
Born (1970-11-08) 8 November 1970
Lima, Peru
Political partyAlliance for Progress (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2015–2019)
Peruvian Nationalist Party (2006-2015)
Democratic Force (2005-2007)
Spouse(s)Úrsula Galdos
Alma materInca Garcilaso de la Vega University
ProfessionLawyer

After graduating from the Marcelino Champagnat School, he studied law and political science at the University Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in Lima, from 1989 to 1995. His bachelor thesis was about reforms of the offense of murder in the Peruvian Penal Code. From 2003 to 2005, he worked as a legal adviser, adjunct to the rectorate of the National University of San Marcos. From 2005 to 2008, he was a counsel of the Ad Hoc Anti-corruption Prosecution, heading the extraditions unit in the cases against ex-president Alberto Fujimori and the former head of intelligence service Vladimiro Montesinos. He was ultimately successful in achieving the extradition of Fujimori from Chile, who was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison, in 2009. Since 2008, Chehade is a partner of the Omar Chehade & Torres la Torre Law firm in Lima.[2]

From 2004 to 2007, Omar Chehade was affiliated to the minor Fuerza Democrática party. In the 2011 presidential elections, he was Ollanta Humala's running mate for Second Vice President. After Humala won the election over Keiko Fujimori with 51.5% of the votes in the second round, Omar Chehade took office as Second Vice President on 28 July 2011. Additionally, he was elected Congressman on Humala's Peru Wins list, representing the city of Lima for the 2011-2016 term.

On 5 December 2011, the Congress suspended Chehade as Vice President for 120 days. This was justified with allegations that Chehade had tried to use his power for helping an agricultural company in acquiring the Andahuasi sugar plantation.[3] He resigned as Second Vice President in 16 January 2012, following of the Andahuasi Scandal,[4] although he continued serving in Congress until the end of his term in 2016.

In 2020, Chehade ran for Congress in the snap election following the dissolution of Congress on September 30, 2019, representing Lima with the Alliance for Progress party. He currently presides the Constitution Committee.

References
  1. "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
  2. Resume on the National Jury of Elections (JNE) site
  3. "Peru's Vice President suspended for 120 days, due to Andahuasi scandal", Peru This Week, 5 December 2011, archived from the original on 6 April 2012, retrieved 11 December 2011
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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