PAP National Congress elects Alan Garcia Perez as National Secretary
The National Congress of the PAP elected Alan Garcia Perez as national secretary of the party in October 1982. This appointment consolidated his leadership within the APRA party.
In October 1982, the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) held its National Congress in which Alan Garcia Perez was elected National Secretary of the party. This event marked an important moment in Garcia's political career within the PAP. Subsequently, in February 1984, Alan Garcia Perez would be elected candidate to the Presidency of the Republic in internal elections of the PAP. García's election as national secretary occurred in a political context marked by the violence of the PCP-SL and the tensions between the government of Belaunde Terry and the opposition.