Ana María Solórzano Flores (born 15 October 1977) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She was elected to the

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for the 2011-2016 period, representing the Arequipa region under the

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. Solóranzo was President of the Congress from 2014 to 2015.

Biography

Early career

Solóranzo was born on 15 October 1977 in Arequipa. She graduated as a lawyer from the

Catholic University of Santa María The Catholic University of Santa María (UCSM) ( es, Universidad Católica de Santa María) is a local private University in Arequipa, Peru, and has been in continuous operation since it was founded on 6 December 1961. It was founded by William Da ...

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 in 2009, and has held administrative positions as well as being a legal adviser for several companies. In the

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, she ran for the

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in the Arequipa constituency. Solóranz won with 59,471 preferential votes. 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.

President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru

In July 2014, she was elected President of the Congress 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 result.

References

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