Office: | Second Vice President of Peru |
President: | Alan García Pérez |
Term Start: | 28 July 2006 |
Term End: | 28 July 2011 |
Predecessor: | David Waisman |
Successor: | Omar Chehade |
Office2: | Member of Congress |
Term Start2: | 26 July 2006 |
Term End2: | 26 July 2011 |
Constituency2: | Arequipa |
Office3: | Arequipa City Councilwoman |
Term Start3: | 1 January 2003 |
Term End3: | 26 July 2006 |
Party: | Peruvian Aprista Party |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1958 |
Birth Place: | Arequipa, Peru |
Spouse: | Alfredo Fonts Fontana (divorced) |
Zoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar (born 7 January 1958) is a Peruvian businesswoman and politician with the Peruvian Aprista Party. She is the first woman in Peru's history to become a Vice President of Peru, running as the Second Running mate of Alan García in the 2006 election.[1]
She was also elected as Member of Congress representing Arequipa,[2] where she had been elected as "regidora" in 2002. She served until the 2011 election when she lost her seat in the 2011 elections when she ran for re-election.