Lady Camones
Lady Camones | |
|---|---|
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| Member of Congress | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Áncash |
| President of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2022 – 5 September 2022 | |
| Vice President | 1st Vice President Martha Moyano 2nd Vice President Digna Calle 3rd Vice President Wilmar Elera Alejandro Muñante |
| Preceded by | Maricarmen Alva |
| Succeeded by | Martha Moyano (acting) |
| First Vice President of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2021 – 26 July 2022 | |
| President | Maricarmen Alva |
| Preceded by | Mirtha Vásquez |
| Succeeded by | Martha Moyano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lady Mercedes Camones Soriano February 20, 1975 Chimbote, Áncash, Peru |
| Political party | Alliance for Progress |
| Education | Antenor Orrego Private University (LLB) 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
[edit]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
[edit]Candidate for the Presidency of Áncash in 2018
[edit]Her political career began in the 2018 regional and municipal elections where she ran for the Regional Governorship of Áncash with Popular Force. However, she was not elected.[2]
Congresswoman (2021-2026)
[edit]In the general elections of 2021, she was elected to the Peruvian Congress for Áncash with Alliance for Progress. She garnered 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]
One year later, after a series of parliamentary deals among the opposition caucuses, Camones was elected President of Congress, on July 26, 2022.[5]
On September 2, 2022, illegal audio recordings between Camones and her party leader, César Acuña, discussing on bills favoring the latter's 2022 governorship run, were revealed by the press.[6] Facing public outcry, Camones was censured and removed as President of Congress by the Peruvian Congress on September 5, 2022 by a vote of 61-47 and 5 abstentions.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Noticias (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". Diario Oficial El Peruano (in Spanish). 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". Diario Oficial El Peruano (in Spanish). July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Lady Camones se convierte en la nueva presidenta del Congreso". Diario El Gobierno (in Spanish). July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ "César Acuña exige a Lady Camones aprobar una ley que beneficiaría su candidatura, según audio difundido". El Comercio (in Spanish). September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Lady Camones es censurada: ya no es más la presidenta del Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.