Alberto de Belaunde
Congressman
Peruvian Congress
About
Alberto de Belaunde is a former congressman from the Republic of Peru. He chaired the Congressional Climate Change Committee and was part of the Justice and Human Rights Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. Alberto was the second openly LGBTQ+ congressman in Peru's history. In 2019, he received the Victory Institute Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award for his work for equality. Alberto is a lawyer and teaches Legal Ethics at Pacific University. He has a master's degree in Environmental Management and completed an executive program in Economics of Sustainable Development and Climate Change. He was part of the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University and part of the Global Shapers Community. He is part of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader Community. He has published two books: "Beyond the Rainbow" (2017) and "I do not withdraw anything!" (2019). He writes a weekly column on the website jugodecaigua.pe.