Lady Camones | |
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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 February 20, 1975 Chimbote, Áncash, Peru |
Political party | Alliance for Progress |
Education | Antenor Orrego Private University (LLB) César Vallejo University |
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]
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]
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]
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]