Édgar Alarcón

Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada (born 9 May 1961) is a Peruvian accountant who served as Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru from June 9, 2016 to July 4, 2017.

Édgar Alarcón
Member of Congress
Assumed office
16 March 2020
ConstituencyArequipa
Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru
In office
9 June 2016 – 4 July 2017
Preceded byFuad Elías Khoury Zarzar
Succeeded byNelson Shack
Personal details
Born
Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada

(1961-05-09) 9 May 1961
Arequipa, Peru
Political partyUnion for Peru
Alma materNational University of Saint Augustine
WebsiteOfficial website

Early years

Son of Diego Alarcón Carpio and Nancy Tejada Escobedo, he studied at the San Martín de Socabaya (Arequipa) and Manuel Muñoz Najar Schools, in the same town. Later he would study Accounting at the National University of Saint Augustine, obtaining the bachelor's degree and later the Professional Degree in the same university house, although it was confirmed that his degree was fraudulent.[1]

Career

On June 9, 2016, he was appointed as Comptroller General of the Republic,[2][3] despite this he was removed from his position on July 4, 2017.[4]

On October 9, 2019, Alarcón was presented as the main Governor Advisor in the Regional Government of Arequipa headed by Elmer Cáceres Llica.[5] On November 6, he resigned from that position, denouncing acts of corruption within the Regional Entity.[6]

During the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election, he was elected a congressman by the Union for Peru on behalf of Arequipa, a position which he took office on March 16 of the same year.[7] Likewise, on April 21, he was elected president of the Congressional Oversight Commission within the framework of the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.[8]

Controversies

Alarcón was questioned for having named ex-congressman Juan José Díaz Dios as parliamentary coordinator of the Comptroller's Office.[9]

When an alleged irregular purchase of computers by the Board of Directors of Congress was revealed, Alarcón ruled out any responsibility of Luz Salgado and José Cevasco, the latter responsible for the disputed acquisition, and was criticized for the phrase: "So much noise for five Millions!".[10][11]

He is also accused of having recorded the conversations he had with some ministers of the ministerial cabinet such as Fernando Zavala (Prime Minister), Alfredo Thorne (former Minister of Economy) and Martín Vizcarra (former Minister of Transport).[12]

On July 3, 2017, the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Republic through Legislative Resolution No. 015-2016-2017-CR, in its first article, it was established: "The removal of Mr. Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada from the position of Comptroller General of the Republic, for which he was designated by Legislative Resolution No. 003-2015-2016 dated June 9, 2016... "and the vacancy of the Comptroller position was declared.[13]

References
  1. "Edgar Alarcón: la cuestionada hoja de vida del fiscalizador" (in Spanish). La Estación. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Resolución Legislativa N° 003-2015-2016-CR" (in Spanish). El Peruano. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "Édgar Alarcón, designado como contralor general de la República" (in Spanish). Lima: El Comercio. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Contralor Edgar Alarcón se defendió de acusaciones ante el Congreso y se realiza el debate" (in Spanish). Perú21. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "Édgar Alarcón fue presentado como nuevo asesor del gobierno regional de Arequipa". canaln.pe (in Spanish). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "Excontralor Alarcón renuncia a cargo de asesor del Gobierno Regional de Arequipa" (in Spanish). Gestión. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "Arequipa ya cuenta con sus seis virtuales congresistas" (in Spanish). Arequipa: Andina. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. "Congreso elige al excontralor Édgar Alarcón como presidente de la Comisión de Fiscalización" (in Spanish). RPP Noticias. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "Juan Díaz Dios fue designado coordinador de la Contraloría en el Congreso" (in Spanish). La República. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. Bazán, Sigrid (24 May 2017). ""Tanto ruido por cinco milloncitos"" (in Spanish). La República. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. Ramírez, Miguel (17 January 2017). "Édgar Alarcón: la historia detrás del polémico Contralor General de la República". trome.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. "¿Quién es Edgar Alarcón, el hombre de los audios?" (in Spanish). América Noticias. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. "Resolución Legislativa del Congreso N° 015-2016-2017-CR" (in Spanish). El Peruano. 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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