What is Luis Castañeda?
[[File:LUISCASTAÑEDALOSSIO.PNG|right|200px]] '''Óscar Luis Castañeda Lossio''' (June 21, 1945 &ndash; January 12, 2022) was a [[Peru|Peruvian]] politician and lawyer. He was [[Mayor of Lima|Mayor]] of [[Lima]] from 2003 to 2010. He became Mayor of Lima again in 2015, for a term that lasted until 2018. He ran for [[President of Peru]] twice, in the [[2000 Peruvian general election|2000]] and [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011]]. Castañeda was born in [[Chiclayo]], [[Peru]]. Castañeda was an [[Independent politician|Independent]] from 2020 until his death. Before, he was a member of the [[National Solidarity (Peru)|National Solidarity]], the party he founded in 1998. He was the party's president from its founding until he resigned in 2020. He was under investigation in 2019 for alleged [[corruption]] as people accused him of taking [[bribes]] while he was Lima's mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-luis-castaneda-lossio-que-se-sabe-sobre-investigacion-al-exalcalde-769767.aspx|title = Luis Castañeda Lossio: Lo que se sabe sobre la investigación al exalcalde}}</ref> On February 14, 2020, he was ordered 24 months of preventive detention. Castañeda died on January 12, 2022 at a hospital in Lima from [[cardiopulmonary arrest]], aged 76.<ref>[https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/01/12/luis-castaneda-lossio-murio-medico-personal-de-exalcalde-confirmo-causa-de-su-muerte/ Luis Castañeda Lossio: Médico personal de exalcalde confirmó causa de su muerte] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Castaneda, Luis}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Peruvian lawyers]] [[Category:Peruvian mayors]] [[Category:Politicians from Lima]] [[Category:Peruvian criminals]] {{bio-stub}}