Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros was a Peruvian politician and human rights activist who served for decades in the Peruvian Congress, first elected to the 1978 Constituent Assembly and remaining one of the most prominent leaders of the Peruvian left until his death in 2013. A longtime member of the Socialist Party of Peru, he faced repeated threats for his human rights advocacy, including a 1997 attack in which armed men fired on his car, and was widely regarded as a leading dissident voice against abuses committed during Peru's internal conflict.
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Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros (24 March 1948 – 4 May 2013) was a Peruvian politician and member of the Peruvian Congress representing the Socialist Party of Peru (PS), of which he was a founding member and also served as its Party President.
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24 March 1948
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24 March 1948
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4 May 2013
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Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros was a Peruvian politician and human rights activist who served for decades in the Peruvian Congress, first elected to the 1978 Constituent Assembly and remaining one of the most prominent leaders of the Peruvian left until his death in 2013.
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Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros (24 March 1948-4 May 2013) was a Peruvian politician and member of the Peruvian Congress representing the Socialist Party of Peru (PS), of which he was a founding member and also served as its Party President.
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