Fernando Herrera Mamani
{{Short description|Peruvian politician (1966–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
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|name = Fernando Herrera Mamani
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|office = Member of Congress
|term_start = 27 July 2021
|term_end = 25 October 2021
|constituency = Tacna
|successor = Nieves Limachi
|birth_name = Fernando Mario Herrera Mamani
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1966|07|31}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|10|25|1966|07|31}}
|death_place = Lima, Peru
|party = Free Peru
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Fernando Herrera Mamani (31 July 1966 – 25 October 2021) was a Peruvian politician who served as a member of Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-fallece-congresista-peru-libre-fernando-herrera-mamani-866933.aspx |title=Fallece congresista de Perú Libre Fernando Herrera Mamani |website=andina.pe |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=es}}
Biography
He was born in Ilo on 31 July 1966. He entered the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera, where he trained as a language and literature teacher.{{Cite web|url=https://trome.pe/actualidad/politica/fernando-herrera-quien-era-congresista-peru-libre-tacna-fallecio-a-los-55-anos-noticia/ |title=Quién era Fernando Herrera, el congresista de Perú Libre que falleció a los 55 años |website=Trome |date=25 October 2021|access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}
He worked as a teacher of Language and Literature in Tacna from 2011 to 2020, and as a teacher of Verbal Reasoning at the Institución Educativa Parroquial Corazón de María in 2020.
In the 2021 general elections, he was elected congressman of the republic for Free Peru, with 6105 votes, for the parliamentary period 2021 to 2026.{{Cite web|url=https://elecciones.larepublica.pe/resultados-elecciones-congreso-onpe |title=Resultados de las elecciones al Congreso {{!}} próximos 130 congresistas boca de urna Ipsos, conteo rápido y avance ONPE |website=elecciones.larepublica.pe |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}
He was married to Martha Madueño, with whom he had three daughters.{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/fernando-herrera-mamani-el-profesor-de-lengua-y-literatura-que-llego-al-congreso-perfil-noticia-1365666 |title=Fernando Herrera Mamani, el profesor de Lengua y Literatura que llegó al Congreso |website=rpp.pe |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}
He died on 25 October 2021, at his home in La Victoria of cardiorespiratory arrest at the age of 55 caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, while a vote of confidence in the ministerial cabinet chaired by Mirtha Vásquez was being requested from the seat of the Congress of the Republic, a debate that was suspended.{{cite news | url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/congreso/fernando-herrera-mamani-tuvo-covid-19-y-estuvo-internado-en-la-villa-panamericana-afirma-alex-paredes-peru-libre-nndc-noticia/?fbclid=IwAR1iCaOrWLrYOHg0qatWRfUWKUyghCatBddgWknweetAGmExO2aAJULp0eU | title=Congresista Alex Paredes revela que Fernando Herrera Mamani tuvo COVID-19 y estuvo internado en la Villa Panamericana | newspaper=El Comercio | date=25 October 2021 }}{{Cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/congreso/fernando-herrera-congresista-de-peru-libre-por-tacna-fallecio-este-lunes-noticia/ |title=Fallece congresista Fernando Herrera Mamani, de Perú Libre durante Pleno del Congreso |website=El Comercio |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/fallecio-el-congresista-de-peru-libre-fernando-mario-herrera-mamani-noticia-1365352 |title=Falleció el congresista de Perú Libre Fernando Mario Herrera Mamani |website=rpp.pe |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}} Due to his death, his position was filled by Nieves Limachi, who was his deputy.{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/nieves-limachi-quispe-sera-la-accesitaria-del-fallecido-congresista-fernando-herrera-perfil-noticia-1365364 |title=Nieves Limachi Quispe será la accesitaria del fallecido congresista Fernando Herrera |website=rpp.pe |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://canaln.pe/amp/actualidad/nieves-limachi-jurara-como-congresista-fallecimiento-fernando-herrera-n440272 |title=Nieves Limachi jurará como congresista tras fallecimiento de Fernando Herrera |website=canaln.pe |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}
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