Ana María Solórzano

Solóranzo was born on 15 October 1977 in Arequipa.^[2] She graduated as a lawyer from the Catholic University of Santa María 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 Private University of Tacna [es] in 2009, and has held administrative positions as well as being a legal adviser for several companies.^[3] In the 2011 elections, she ran for the Peruvian Nationalist Party in the Arequipa constituency. Solóranz won with 59,471 preferential votes.^[4]

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.^[3]

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.^[5]