Carlos Roca (politician)

Carlos Roca
Ambassador of Peru to Italy
In office
15 March 2006  17 February 2009
Preceded byHarold Forsyth
Succeeded byRafael Rey
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 July 1980  5 April 1992
ConstituencyLima
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
28 July 1978  13 July 1979
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born
Carlos Roca Cáceres

(1946-03-20) 20 March 1946
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyPeruvian Aprista Party
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Peru
University of Turin (BA)
OccupationPolitician

Carlos Roca Cáceres (born 20 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he was signaled in his youth as one of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre's main disciples, alongside future President of Peru, Alan García. In his political career, he served in the Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979, which drafted the Constitution of 1979, in the now-abolished Chamber of Deputies, and finally as Peruvian Ambassador to Italy, appointed in Alan García's second presidency.

Currently, Roca serves as Director of the Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre House Museum. In the party, he served as National Secretary of International Affairs from 2010 to 2017.