Ana María Liliana Sánchez Vargas de Ríos (born 28 January 1959) is a Peruvian diplomat. She has a degree in law from the

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru ( es, link=no, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church, being the oldest private ...

and a licentiate in International Relations from the . She was the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 April 2015 to 28 July 2016.

Biography

Ana María Sánchez de Ríos is a lawyer graduated from the

. In 1980 she entered the Diplomatic Service of Peru. She was promoted to the position of ambassador on 1 January 2013. She has performed functions within the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

– in the Undersecretariat of Foreign Policy; in the Directorate of America; in the Privileges and Immunities Directorate; in the General Directorate of Administration; in the Directorate of Political Cooperation and Integration; in the Coordination Office of the Vice Minister and Secretary General; was Director of Border Development and Integration; was Director of Integration-Economic Affairs; and was Chief of the Ministerial Office for three Foreign Ministers before her appointment to the post.

Postings abroad

She has served in Peru's embassy in Hungary, its consulate in São Paulo, its consulate in Mexico City, and in the Permanent Representation of Peru in the

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(OAS). Since May 2019 she has been Peruvian ambassador to Ireland.

Minister of Foreign Affairs

On 2 April 2015, she was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, joining the Council of Ministers chaired by

Pedro Cateriano Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido (born 26 June 1958) is a peruvian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from July to August 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as Ollanta Humala's minister of ...

, the seventh of the government of President Ollanta Humala. The ceremony was held in the Golden Hall of the Government Palace. With her appointment she became the first woman in the diplomatic corps of Peru to be appointed Foreign Minister (her predecessor,

Eda Rivas Eda Adriana Rivas Franchini (born March 23, 1952) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights from 2012 to 2013, and Minister of Foreign Relations from 2012 to 2013, under president Ollanta Humala. Ea ...

, was not a career diplomat). A day earlier, she had been named ambassador of Peru to France, a designation that was superseded as she assumed her new responsibility. She was replaced as Foreign Minister by on 28 July 2016, after the election of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

Decorations

* 2008: Military Order of Ayacucho, in the rank of Commander * 2015: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain) * 2015: Grand Cross of the

Order of the Sun of Peru Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

* 2015: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services * 2015: Grand Cross of the José Gregorio Paz Soldán Order of Merit of the Diplomatic Service of Peru

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