Elías Nicolás Rodríguez Zavaleta (born 22 July 1974) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who served in Congress representing La Libertad region from 2006 until the dissolution of Congress by president Martín Vizcarra in 2019.

A former member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, Rodríguez was expelled from the party in October 2021 for alleged treason as he served as Institutional General Secretary and simultaneously led an independent regional movement.

[2] He completed his secondary studies at the José Faustino Sánchez Carrión School, and graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Antenor Orrego University of Trujillo.

[citation needed] From 2017 to 2021, Rodríguez served as the Institutional Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party until his expulsion from the party on 24 October 2021 for alleged treason as he led in parallel the Trabajo Más Trabajo (Work More Work) regional movement in order to run for governor at the 2022 regional elections.

[5][6] At the gubernatorial election held on 2 October 2022, Rodríguez placed second behind former governor and Alliance for Progress leader César Acuña.