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.

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 The César Vallejo University ( es, Universidad César Vallejo, UCV) is a private Peruvian university located in Victor Larco Herrera District, Victor Larco district in Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo city, on the coast of La Libertad Region. The univ ...

, although she left it unfinished. She was regional head of National Registry of Identification and Civil Status from 2003 to 2018.

Political career

Candidate for the Presidency of Áncash in 2018

Her political career began in the 2018 regional and municipal elections where she ran for the Regional Governorship of

Áncash Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is ...

with

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. However, she was not elected.

Congresswoman (2021-2026)

In the general elections of 2021, she was elected to the

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for

with Alliance for Progress. She garnered 6203 votes for the parliamentary period 2021-2026. 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. One year later, after a series of parliamentary deals among the opposition caucuses, Camones was elected President of Congress, on July 26, 2022. 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. Facing public outcry, Camones was

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and removed as President of Congress by the Peruvian Congress on September 5, 2022 by a vote of 61-47 and 5 abstentions.

References

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