Lourdes Mendoza

Lourdes Mendoza
Mendoza in 2010
Second Vice President of Peru
In office
28 July 2006 – 28 July 2011
PresidentAlan García Pérez
Preceded byDavid Waisman
Succeeded byOmar Chehade
Member of Congress
In office
26 July 2006 – 26 July 2011
ConstituencyArequipa
Arequipa City Councilwoman
In office
1 January 2003 – 26 July 2006
Personal details
Born(1958-01-07)7 January 1958
Arequipa, Peru
Died4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 66)
Political partyPeruvian Aprista Party
SpouseAlfredo 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

Executive

Electoral history of Victoria Villarruel
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
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

Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
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]
  1. ^ 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

Election Office List # Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2016 Member of the Andean Parliament Popular Alliance 3 38,069 8.15% 4th[a] Not elected [8]
  1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

Provincial

Election Office List # Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2002 Arequipa Province Councilwoman Peruvian Aprista Party 3 89,418 22.82% 1st[a] Elected [9]
  1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Ficha de Congresista". Congreso de la Republica del Peru. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Exvicepresidenta Lourdes Mendoza Falleció En Arequipa". RCR. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2006 - PRESIDENCIAL"".
  5. ^ ""SEGUNDA VUELTA DE LA ELECCIÓN PRESIDENCIAL 2006 - PRESIDENCIAL"".
  6. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2006 - CONGRESO"".
  7. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2011 - CONGRESO"".
  8. ^ ""ELECCIONES GENERALES 2016 - PARLAMENTO ANDINO"".
  9. ^ ""ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES 2002 - MUNICIPAL PROVINCIAL"".


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