Javier Bedoya de Vivanco

Javier Alonso Bedoya de Vivanco (born 23 September 1948) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician (PPC) and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2016.

Early life Born in Lima on 23 September 1948 to Luis Bedoya Reyes. His father, Luis is the founder of the Christian People's Party and was Mayor of Lima, member of the lower house of the Peruvian Congress and Minister of Justice, among others. He is a member of the Bedoya family, often compared in Peru with the Kennedy family because of its extensive and continuous commitment to public service.

Career Bedoya is also a lawyer who is partner of Bedoya Law Firm (Estudio Bedoya Abogados). Bedoya Law Firm has attorneys with a wide experience in the provision of corporate counseling services in Civil, Trade, Financial, Industrial Property, Tax and Labor Law, Commercial, Constitutional, Administrative, Civil Procedural and Municipal Law.

Political career

Early political career Bedoya's first political office was councilor of Lima from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1986 Bedoya acted as the sub-secretary of the Lima Province-PPC.