Lady Camones
Lady Camones | |
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First Vice President of Congress | |
Assumed office 26 July 2021 | |
President | Maricarmen Alva |
Preceded by | Mirtha Vásquez |
Member of Congress | |
Assumed office 26 July 2021 | |
Constituency | Áncash |
Personal details | |
Born | Lady Mercedes Camones Soriano February 20, 1975 |
Political party | Alliance for Progress |
Education | Antenor Orrego Private University César Vallejo University |
Lady Mercedes Camones Soriano (Chimbote, born February 20, 1975) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She was elected Congresswoman of the Republic for the period 2021-2026.[1]
Biography[]
She was born in Chimbote on February 20, 1975. She studied at the Antenor Orrego Private University (UPAO), where she obtained a bachelor's degree in law. She also studied a master's degree in public administration at the César Vallejo University, although she left it unfinished.
She was regional head of National Registry of Identification and Civil Status from 2003 to 2018.[2]
Political career[]
Candidate for the Presidency of Áncash in 2018[]
Her political career began in the 2018 regional and municipal elections where she was a candidate for the Regional Presidency of Áncash for the Popular Force party, however, she was not elected.[2]
Congresswoman (2021-2026)[]
In the general elections of 2021, she was elected congresswoman of the Republic by Alliance for Progress, with 6203 votes, for the parliamentary period 2021-2026.[1][3]
On July 26, 2021, Camones was elected first vice president of Congress under the presidency of María del Carmen Alva for the legislative period 2021-2022.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "Resultados de las elecciones al Congreso". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Este es el perfil de María del Carmen Alva y los demás integrantes de la Mesa Directiva del Congreso". RPP (in Spanish). July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Estos son los congresistas de Acción Popular, Alianza para el Progreso, Somos Perú y Podemos Perú [Fotos] | Noticias | Diario Oficial El Peruano" (in Spanish). Elperuano.pe. July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "¡Ganó la lista 2! María del Carmen Alva es la nueva presidenta del Congreso para el periodo 2021-2022 | Noticias | Diario Oficial El Peruano" (in Spanish). Elperuano.pe. July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Chimbote
- Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- 21st-century Peruvian politicians
- 21st-century Peruvian women politicians