Lady_Camones
Lady Camones
Peruvian politician
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]
Lady Camones | |
|---|---|
| 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 (1975-02-20) February 20, 1975 (age 49) Chimbote, Áncash, Peru |
| Political party | Alliance for Progress |
| Education | Antenor Orrego Private University (LLB) César Vallejo University |
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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]
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 with Popular Force. However, she was not elected.[2]
Congresswoman (2021-2026)
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]
- "Resultados de las elecciones al Congreso". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- "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". Diario El Comercio (in Spanish). September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- "Lady Camones es censurada: ya no es más la presidenta del Congreso". Diario El Comercio (in Spanish). September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.