Franco Vidal's Biography: the mayor who governs Ate live on Kick

There are mayors who give speeches at the municipal council and mayors who stream live on Kick while they inspect public works. Franco Vidal is one of the latter: at 31, he is the youngest mayor in the history of Ate and of Metropolitan Lima, and since 2024 he has combined running the municipality with live broadcasts that bring him closer —for better or worse— to an audience that does not normally follow local politics. Here we tell you who he is, how he reached the mayor's office and what is at stake for him in the 2026 elections.

Who is Franco Vidal?

Franco Vidal Morales is a Peruvian lawyer and politician, born on April 2, 1995 in Lima. He is known for being the mayor of the district of Ate since January 2023 and for streaming live on the Kick platform since August 2024, which earned him the nickname of "streamer mayor". In 2026 he seeks to continue in public life after leaving Avanza País, the party with which he reached office.

Franco Vidal at a glance

Franco Vidal's childhood and early years

Franco Vidal was born in Lima in 1995. His father, Manuel Vidal Camargo, has been constantly present in his public path, including moments of controversy: according to press reports, Manuel Vidal has a criminal record for fraud and procuring, with convictions from 1997 and 2006. That family link has been a recurring topic in the coverage about the mayor, especially in 2026, when both appeared on the same electoral list.

Vidal studied Law at the Universidad de San Martín de Porres and complemented his training with an advanced oral litigation workshop at the Universidad de Medellín, Colombia. That profile of a young lawyer, with a vocation for public speaking, would end up being key to his arrival in party politics at the start of the 2020s.

Suggested internal link: his path can be compared with that of other young Peruvian political figures who have also gained media prominence, such as Rafael López Aliaga.

Franco Vidal's professional career

His entry into institutional politics began as an adviser. In 2020 he worked as a congressional adviser to Walter Rivera Guerra, of Acción Popular, and in 2021 he moved on to advise the then congress members Juan Burgos and Patricia Chirinos, already under the Avanza País banner. That same year he tried, without success, to reach Congress by running for Lima in position 26 on his list.

The decisive leap came in the 2022 municipal elections: Vidal was elected mayor of Ate with 80,641 votes, equivalent to 24.37% of the valid ballots, and took office on January 1, 2023 as the youngest council leader in the history of the district and of Metropolitan Lima.

Main milestones of his career:

• 2020: congressional adviser to Walter Rivera Guerra
• 2021: adviser to Juan Burgos and Patricia Chirinos; failed run for Congress
• 2022: elected mayor of Ate with 80,641 votes
• 2023: he takes office as mayor of Ate on January 1
• 2024: he starts streaming on Kick in August
• 2026: he resigns from Avanza País and requests leave to run in the regional and municipal elections

Franco Vidal's leading work and projects

Franco Vidal's personal life

The most talked-about part of Franco Vidal's public life in 2026 has not been his running of the municipality, but his electoral strategy. In June 2026 it emerged that, faced with the ban on immediate re-election for mayors, Vidal replicated —according to Infobae— a move similar to the one used by Rafael López Aliaga: joining a list in which his father, Manuel Vidal Camargo, appears as a pre-candidate for the mayor's office of Ate for Avanza País, while Franco Vidal would run as deputy mayor on the same ticket.

That move raised questions about electoral neutrality. An expert quoted by RCR Perú warned that the mayor could face a fine of more than S/500,000 for allegedly breaching that neutrality during the process. Vidal, for his part, has defended his administration and his decision to maintain a digital presence as a form of transparency towards the residents of Ate.

In parallel, Vidal has said on his streams that at least four political parties proposed that he head a list for the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML), although in the end the route he took was the local candidacy alongside his father.

Fun facts about Franco Vidal

• He is the youngest mayor in the history of Ate and of Metropolitan Lima.
• He started streaming on Kick in August 2024, something unusual for a serving municipal authority.
• Before the mayor's office, he worked as an adviser to at least three different congress members.
• He resigned from his party, Avanza País, on a live stream, not through a traditional statement.
• His father, Manuel Vidal Camargo, has a criminal record that has been a recurring topic in press coverage about the mayor.
• In 2026 he became news for replicating, according to the press, the indirect re-election strategy used by Rafael López Aliaga.

Franco Vidal in 2026

The year 2026 has been the busiest of Franco Vidal's career so far. It began with his resignation from Avanza País in January, continued with months of speculation about a possible candidacy for the MML and ended, towards September, with municipal leave in order to run in the year's regional and municipal elections, joining the same list as his father.

His streams on Kick remain the channel where he communicates much of his decisions, from his party resignation to explanations about his administration. At Famosix we follow his path closely, a case that mixes public administration, family controversy and a format of political communication that is unusual in Peru.

Conclusion

Franco Vidal represents a kind of politician who until a few years ago did not exist in Peru: the one who governs a district and, at the same time, streams live to explain it. Between the resignation from his party, the doubts about electoral neutrality and the candidacy alongside his father, 2026 will be key to knowing whether his formula of digital closeness translates into votes. Follow on Famosix the coverage of other figures in Peruvian politics.

Sources consulted

• Infobae: Franco Vidal, alcalde streamer de Ate, renuncia a Avanza País en vivo y revela que cuatro partidos le ofrecen postular a la MML
• Infobae: Franco Vidal y más de 15 ediles copian jugada de Rafael López Aliaga: buscan ser teniente alcalde ante prohibición de reelección
• RCR Perú: Alcalde de Ate Franco Vidal podría recibir multa de más de S/500 mil por vulnerar neutralidad electoral, advierte experto Marco Tulio Gutiérrez
• Wikipedia: Franco Vidal