Francisco Tudela

Francisco Antonio Gregorio Tudela van Breugel-Douglas (born 20 July 1955)[1] is a Peruvian career diplomat.

Francisco Tudela
First Vice President of Peru
In office
28 July 2000 – 21 November 2000
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Preceded byRicardo Márquez Flores
Succeeded byVacant
(Raúl Diez Canseco elected in 2001)
Minister of Foreign Relations
In office
28 July 1995 – 1 July 1997
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Preceded byEfraín Goldenberg
Succeeded byEduardo Ferrero Costa
President of Congress
In office
30 November 2000 – 5 December 2000
Preceded byLuz Salgado
Succeeded byCarlos Ferrero Costa
Personal details
Born(1955-07-20)20 July 1955
Lima, Peru
Spouse(s)Lucila Gutiérrez Murjía
ChildrenAdriana Tudela
Felipe Tudela
ProfessionDiplomat

Biography

The first of three children, Tudela was born in Lima into an upper-class family. His father, Felipe Tudela y Barreda, served as ambassador and his grandfather was a Prime Minister. His mother was jonkvrouw Vera van Breugel Douglas (1929–†), daughter of the baron Casper van Breugel Douglas (1896–1982, member of the Dutch nobility), first Netherlands Ambassador accredited to the Soviet Union.

Tudela has Romanian roots on his maternal side.[2] He studied at Colegio Maristas San Isidro. He graduated as a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He has also studied at the Universidad de Navarra (Spain) and London School of Economics and Political Science graduating with LLM.[1]

Tudela was director of the Universidad Católica's Institute of International Studies (IDEI). Francisco Tudela was one of the foreign ministers of the Alberto Fujimori government, serving from 1995 until mid-1997. He also served as First Vice President of Peru during 2000[3], resigning from the post in October of that year.[4]

Tudela was held hostage for 126 days during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996–1997.[5]

References
  1. "FRANCISCO ANTONIO GREGORIO TUDELA VAN BREUGEL-DOUGLAS" (pdf) (in Spanish). Congreso de la República del Perú (Congress of the Republic of Peru). Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. "Francisco Tudela: "La estrategia del presidente Humala es el suspenso"". El Comercio (in Spanish). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
  4. Jude Webber (24 October 2000). "Fujimori's deputy quits in row over amnesty". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  5. Diana Jean Schemo (26 April 1997). "How Peruvian Hostage Crisis Became Trip Into the Surreal". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2012.


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