Ana María Solórzano

Ana María Solórzano in 2015

Ana María Solórzano Flores (born 15 October 1977) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the period 2011 – 2016 in the Arequipa region. Solóranzo was President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (2014 – 2015).

Biography

Early career

Solóranz was born on 15 October 1977 in Arequipa.[1] She graduated as a lawyer from the Catholic University of Santa María in 1999, and the following year, she took a course of specialisation in conciliation court. Solóranz later pursued a master's degree in criminal law at Private University of Tacna in 2009, and has held administrative positions as well as being a legal adviser for several companies.[2] In the Peruvian general election of 2011 she ran for the Peruvian Nationalist Party in the Arequipa constituency. Solóranz won with 59,471 preferential votes.[3]

In the Government's legislative work she has been chairperson of the Intelligence Committee; Bureau of Peruvian Women Parliamentarians and the Parliamentary Friendship League, Peru-United States. Solóranz was also a member of the ordinary commissions of Energy and Mines Commission of Justice and Human Rights and Consumer Protection and Regulators of Public Services, in addition to being a member of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations.[2]

President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru

In July 2014 she was elected President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the period 2014 – 2015 after 59 votes, against 57 votes won by the opposition candidate Javier Bedoya. The government party won for the fourth time and the direction of the Board of Congress, although, unlike the previous elections, it was necessary to go to a second ballot for the final result.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ana María Solórzano" (in Spanish). Gana Perú. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Hoja de vida. Ana María Solórzano Flores". www4.congreso.gob.pe (in Spanish). 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Bárcena Carpio (30 July 2014). "Ana María Solórzano y su meteórico ascenso político". La República. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ana María Solórzano es elegida nueva presidenta del Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). 26 July 2014.
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