Lourdes Mendoza
Appearance
Lourdes Mendoza | |
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Second Vice President of Peru | |
In office 28 July 2006 – 28 July 2011 | |
President | Alan García Pérez |
Preceded by | David Waisman |
Succeeded by | Omar Chehade |
Member of Congress | |
In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2011 | |
Constituency | Arequipa |
Arequipa City Councilwoman | |
In office 1 January 2003 – 26 July 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Arequipa, Peru | 7 January 1958
Died | 4 October 2024 | (aged 66)
Political party | Peruvian Aprista Party |
Spouse | Alfredo Fonts Fontana (divorced) |
Zoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar (7 January 1958 – 4 October 2024) was a Peruvian businesswoman and politician with the Peruvian Aprista Party. She is the first woman in Peru's history to become a Vice President of Peru, running as the Second Running mate of Alan García in the 2006 election.[1]
Mendoza was also elected as Member of Congress representing Arequipa,[2] where she had been elected as "regidora" in 2002. She served until the 2011 election when she lost her seat in the 2011 elections when she ran for re-election.[citation needed]
Mendoza died from a heart attack on 4 October 2024, at the age of 66.[3]
Electoral history
[edit]Executive
[edit]Election | Office | List | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||
2006 1-R | Second Vice President of Peru | Peruvian Aprista Party | 2,985,858 | 24.32% | 2nd | → Round 2 | [4] | |
2006 2-R | 6,965,017 | 52.63% | 1st | Elected | [5] |
Legislative
[edit]Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||||
2006 | Member of Congress | Peruvian Aprista Party | 1 | Arequipa | 20,019 | 13.61% | 3rd[a] | Elected | [6] | |
2011 | Member of Congress | Peruvian Aprista Party | 2 | Arequipa | 6,693 | 4.28% | 6th[a] | Not elected | [7] |
- ^ a b Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
Andean Parliament
[edit]Election | Office | List | # | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | |||||||
2002 | Member of the Andean Parliament | Popular Alliance | 3 | 38,069 | 8.15% | 4th[a] | Not elected | [8] |
- ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
Provincial
[edit]Election | Office | List | # | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | |||||||
2002 | Arequipa Province Councilwoman | Peruvian Aprista Party | 3 | 89,418 | 22.82% | 1st[a] | Elected | [9] |
- ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
References
[edit]- ^ "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Ficha de Congresista". Congreso de la Republica del Peru. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Exvicepresidenta Lourdes Mendoza Falleció En Arequipa". RCR. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2006 - PRESIDENCIAL"".
- ^ ""SEGUNDA VUELTA DE LA ELECCIÓN PRESIDENCIAL 2006 - PRESIDENCIAL"".
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2006 - CONGRESO"".
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2011 - CONGRESO"".
- ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2016 - PARLAMENTO ANDINO"".
- ^ ""ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES 2002 - MUNICIPAL PROVINCIAL"".
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- 2024 deaths
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- 21st-century Peruvian women politicians
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