Editing Luis Alva Castro (section)

=== In government ===
In 1985, he was selected as part of [[Alan García]] presidential ticket for the [[1985 Peruvian general election|1985 general election]] in which he was the second running mate of García. Jointly reelected to Congress, he was appointed [[Prime Minister of Peru|Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Finance Minister]],<ref name="elregionalpiura">{{cite web|url=https://www.elregionalpiura.com.pe/index.php/especiales/164-informes/11143-presidentes-y-vicepresidentes-desde-1980-en-peru-crisis-y-realidades|title=Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades|date=26 July 2018}}</ref> serving between 1985 and 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mef.gob.pe/es/component/content/article?id=493:..|title=Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas - Histórico - Relación de Ministros|website=www.mef.gob.pe}}</ref> Peru developed a steady economy during his tenure, promoting [[heterodoxy]] as a good start. The economic plan proposed by [[Alan García]] clashed with Alva, leaving his post as the economy would prove to be artificial, evolving into a catastrophic policy of [[Macroeconomic populism]].

One month later after his resignation as both Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Alva was elected as [[President of the Congress of Peru|President of the Chamber of Deputies]], serving for one year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/luis_alva_a|title = Luis Juan Alva Castro}}</ref> His increasing party support would prove him as a potential rival in the party leadership to president [[Alan García]]. In 1989, he was elected as Secretary General of the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]].