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Carlos Tapia
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Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
In office
2001–2003
President Valentín Paniagua
Alejandro Toledo
Preceded by Mary Beame (1977)
Succeeded by Donna Hanover
Deputy of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru for Lima Metropolitan
In office
July 28, 1985 – July 27, 1990
Personal details
Born (1941-07-11)July 11, 1941
Lima, Peru
Died January 19, 2021(2021-01-19) (aged 79)
Lima, Peru
Political party United Left
Alma mater San Cristóbal of Huamanga University

Carlos Tapia García (July 11, 1941 – January 19, 2021) was a Peruvian politician, researcher, analyst, editor, and engineer. He served in the Chamber of Deputies of Peru, the former lower house of Congress, from 1985 to 1990 as a member of the United Left alliance. He was later appointed a Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated human rights abuses committed by Shining Path and other groups during the Internal conflict in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s. Tapia served on the truth commission from 2001 to 2003.

Tapia died from COVID-19 at the Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins [es] in Lima on January 19, 2021, at the age of 79.

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