Manuel Dammert Ego Aguirre (8 March 1949 – 25 March 2021) was a Peruvian politician and sociologist. He served in the

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for Lima Metropolitana from 1980 to 1992 and 2013 to 2019.

Biography

Dammert was born in the Miraflores District of

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

on 8 March 1949 to Manuel Dammert Bellido and Julia Ego-Aguirre Prideaux. He studied sociology at the

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, where he earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree. In the 1980 Peruvian general election, Dammert ran for Congress as a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party. He ran again in

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, joining the United Left coalition. He was again reelected in

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, but his mandate was interrupted by the

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. Dammert returned to politics in

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, when he ran for Congress as part of the

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party, but failed to be elected. When Congressman

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died on 4 May 2013, he was replaced by Dammert for the remainder of the term. In

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, he was reelected as a member of the Broad Front party. In December 2017, the

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party was founded, led by

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and joined by Dammert. He left his post on 30 September 2019 following the dissolution of Congress by

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. Manuel Dammert died of

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in Lima on 25 March 2021 at the age of 72.

References

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