This Soccer Star Could Be Peru's Next President

[Judi Lynn]

BY BRENDAN O’BOYLE | AUGUST 19, 2020
George Forsyth, a popular mayor and anti-crime crusader, is leading early presidential polls.



George Forsyth, the 38-year-old mayor of Lima's La Victoria municipality
Grupo El Comercio/Allen Quintana Caballero

This piece has been updated

National champion goalkeeper. Entrepreneur. Reality TV contestant. Tabloid fixture. Mayor.

At 38, George Forsyth is known for a lot of things. Is president of Peru next on the list?

The election isn’t until next April, but if polls could predict the future, the answer would be yes. The retired soccer star, who won four national titles and played on teams in Germany and Italy, has been leading the IPSOS poll for the past four straight months. Another poll from April had him as the only major political figure with a net positive image – by a wide margin.

Forsyth entered politics in 2010 as a councilman for Lima’s populous La Victoria municipality. But since his election in 2018 as La Victoria’s mayor – with over double the votes of his opponents – his political profile has grown nationally.

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https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/this-soccer-star-could-be-perus-next-president/









Baby Huey has decided to become a politician now he is "grown."

[mitch96]

1. Ukraine has an ex comedian as prez and we have a reality tv guy. so football is not to far off nt

[Judi Lynn]

2. True! In the last 2 years, Republicans also had a football player from Oklahoma,

and a right-wing nutjob who was a former baseball player.

Trying to take advantage of established name recognition, I guess.

They really DON'T make better politicians, do they?

[mitch96]

3. Some people thought Ronald RayGun was god.... His movies were ok..... nt