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{{Short description|Peruvian lawyer, businessman and politician}}
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{{family name hatnote|Isla|Rojas|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Víctor Isla
| image               = Victor Isla (6684751587) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Isla in 2012
| office2             = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]]
| term_start2         = 26 July 2006
| term_end2           = 26 July 2016
| constituency2       = [[Loreto Region|Loreto]]
| office              = [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of Congress]]
| vicepresident       = <small>'''1st Vice President'''</small><br />Marco Falconí<br/><small>'''2nd Vice President'''</small><br />[[Juan Carlos Eguren]]<br/><small>'''3rd Vice President'''</small><br />[[José Luna]]
| term_start          = 26 July 2012
| term_end            = 26 July 2013
| predecessor         = [[Daniel Abugattás]]
| successor           = [[Fredy Otárola]]
| office3              = 1st [[Loreto Region|Lieutenant Governor of Loreto]]
| governor3           = Robinson Rivadeneyra
| term_start3         = 1 January 2003
| term_end3           = 26 July 2006
| predecessor3        = Office created
| successor3          = Norman Lewis de Alcázar
| office4             = Provincial Councilor
| constituency4       = [[Alto Amazonas Province|Alto Amazonas]]
| term_start4         = 1 January 1999
| term_end4           = 31 December 2002
| birth_name          = Víctor Isla Rojas
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|7}}
| birth_place         = [[Santa Cruz District, Alto Amazonas|Santa Cruz]], [[Peru]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = {{flagicon|PER}} [[Peru]]vian
| party               = [[Podemos Perú]] {{small|(2018-present)}}
| otherparty          = [[Peruvian Nationalist Party]] {{small|(2006–2016)}}<br/>[[Peru Wins]] {{small|(2010-2012)}} <br/> [[Union for Peru]] {{small|(2006)}}<br/>[[We Are Peru]] {{small|(1998-2000s)}}
| spouse              = 
| occupation          = Politician
| profession          = Lawyer, businessman
| alma_mater          = [[National University of San Marcos]]
| religion            = 
| website             = 
}}

'''Víctor Isla Rojas''' (born 7 August 1968) is a [[Peru]]vian lawyer, businessman and politician. He was a former [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congressman]] representing the [[Loreto Region|Loreto region]] for two terms, from 2006 to 2016 and was [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of the Congress]] between 2012 and 2013. Before he became a congressman, he was the Vice Governor of [[Loreto Region|Loreto]] serving between 2003 and 2006 and served as Provincial Councillor of [[Alto Amazonas Province|Alto Amazonas]].

== Early life, education and career ==
He was born in the district of Santa Cruz in the province of Alto Amazonas, Department of Loreto, Peru, on August 7, 1968, the son of Víctor Isla del Águila and Elena Rojas. He attended his primary and secondary studies in the city of Yurimaguas. From 1986 to 1992, Víctor Isla studied law and political science at the [[National University of San Marcos]] in [[Lima]]. From 1994 to 2002 he worked as an independent lawyer and outside adviser.

== Political career ==

=== Early political career ===
In the 1998 municipal elections, he was elected provincial councilor in his home province of [[Alto Amazonas Province|Alto Amazonas]] under the [[We Are Peru]] party of Lima’s charismatic Mayor [[Alberto Andrade]]. In the 2002 regional elections, he was elected Vice Governor of the [[Loreto Region]]. 

=== Congressman ===
In the [[2006 Peruvian general election|2006 election]], he was elected [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congressman]] on the joint [[Union for Peru]]-[[Peruvian Nationalist Party]] list, representing the [[Loreto Region]] for the 2006–2011 term and after the elections, the alliance split and Isla sat on the Nationalist bench in Congress. Isla later returned to his alma mater to take a postgraduate course in constitutional and human rights laws from 2008 to 2009. In the [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011 election]], he was reelected for the 2011–2016 term, this time on the Nationalist-dominated [[Peru Wins]] list. He was [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of the Congress]] in 2012 for the annual 2012-2013 term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/Victor_isla|title = Víctor Isla Rojas}}</ref><ref name=":1" />   

=== Post-congressional career ===
In the [[2018 Peruvian regional and municipal elections|2018 regional elections]], he ran for Regional Governor of Loreto under the newly established [[Podemos Perú]] party, but was not elected, receiving only 1.6% of the vote in the election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2018-10-07|title=Loreto: Estos son los 15 postulantes al gobierno regional {{!}} ELECCIONES|url=https://elcomercio.pe/elecciones/region/loreto-conoce-quienes-son-candidatos-gobernador-regional-noticia-nndc-563634-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> 

== Controversies ==
Isla has been linked to the government of [[Hugo Chávez]], and to the Casa del Alba project in Peru.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-18|title=Víctor Isla confirma que Hugo Chávez lo apoyó - impresa {{!}} Perú 21|url=http://peru21.pe/2012/07/12/impresa/victor-isla-confirma-que-hugo-chavez-lo-apoyo-2032695|access-date=2021-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718014712/http://peru21.pe/2012/07/12/impresa/victor-isla-confirma-que-hugo-chavez-lo-apoyo-2032695|archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref> In that sense, even the political partner of the then Peruvian president [[Ollanta Humala]], former Peruvian president [[Alejandro Toledo]], expressed doubts about his candidacy for the presidency of the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-16|title=Alejandro Toledo: "Preocupan antecedentes que tiene Víctor Isla" - Actualidad {{!}} Perú 21|url=http://peru21.pe/2012/07/12/actualidad/alejandro-toledo-preocupan-antecedentes-victor-isla-2032820|access-date=2021-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716054855/http://peru21.pe/2012/07/12/actualidad/alejandro-toledo-preocupan-antecedentes-victor-isla-2032820|archive-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> Isla was finally elected president of the congress for the period 2012-2013.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=GESTIÓN|first=NOTICIAS|date=2012-07-26|title=Oficialista Víctor Isla es elegido nuevo presidente del Congreso {{!}} PERU|url=https://gestion.pe/peru/politica/oficialista-victor-isla-elegido-nuevo-presidente-congreso-16625-noticia/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Gestión|language=es}}</ref> Likewise, Isla was elected in 2006 as a congressman for Loreto; However, he did not gain prominence until it was revealed that he hired Martín Reátegui, a former member of the [[Shining Path]], as an advisor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2012-07-26|title=PERFIL: Víctor Isla, el nuevo presidente del Congreso que promete ser dialogante {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/gobierno/perfil-victor-isla-nuevo-presidente-congreso-que-promete-dialogante-noticia-1446874/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2006/mpenaa/datos.htm Official Congressional Site (2006-2011 term)]
*[http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2011/visla/cargos.asp Congressional site 2011-2016 term]
*[http://200.37.211.183/pecaoe2011/public/verhojadevida.aspx?ID_CANDIDATO=120139&ID_ORG_POLITICA=179 Resume on the National Jury of Elections (JNE) site]

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