Roberto Gómez Baca

Gómez Baca studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, graduating in 2001.^[1]

He served as the director general of transport in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, between 2009 and 2010.^[1] Additionally, he worked as a municipal official in the commune of Surco, from 1996 to 2002.^[1]

In 2013, his relationship with former model and then-councilwoman of Santiago de Surco, Mariella Zanetti, was confirmed, but they separated sometime later.^[2][3] He is currently married to Katherine Polar.^[4]

He began his political journey in the 2002 municipal elections, running for councilor of Santiago de Surco as a representative of the Somos Perú party and securing re-election in 2006.^[1][5] During the 2006 Peruvian general elections, he campaigned for a congressional seat representing the Resurgimiento Peruano party, but was not elected.^[1][5]

During the 2010 municipal elections, he was elected mayor of Santiago de Surco as a candidate for Somos Perú, receiving 31.50% of the votes.^[6][7] He was reelected in 2014 with 34.36% of the votes.^[8][9][10]

In the 2018 municipal elections, he ran for mayor of Lima under the Vamos Perú party but received only 0.67% of the votes and was not elected.^[11][12][13] Following this, in the municipal elections of 2022, he ran as councilor for Santiago de Surco representing Avanza País, and was successfully elected.^[14]