Dammert was born in the
Miraflores District of
Lima on 8 March 1949 to Manuel Dammert Bellido and Julia Ego-Aguirre Prideaux. He studied sociology at the
National University of San Marcos, where he earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree. In the
1980 Peruvian general election, Dammert ran for Congress as a member of the
Revolutionary Communist Party. He ran again in
1985, joining the
United Left coalition. He was again reelected in
1990, but his mandate was interrupted by the
1992 Peruvian coup d'état. Dammert returned to politics in
2011, when he ran for Congress as part of the
Peru Wins party, but failed to be elected. When Congressman
Javier Diez Canseco died on 4 May 2013, he was replaced by Dammert for the remainder of the term. In
2016, he was reelected as a member of the
Broad Front party. In December 2017, the
New Peru party was founded, led by
Verónika Mendoza and joined by Dammert. He left his post on 30 September 2019 following the
dissolution of Congress by
President Martín Vizcarra. Manuel Dammert died of
COVID-19 in Lima on 25 March 2021, at the age of 72. ==References==