Marisol Espinoza Cruz (born 30 July 1967) is a

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vian politician who was the First Vice President of Peru during the Humala administration from 2011–2016. She has been a Congresswoman representing

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between 2006 and 2019. Espinoza belongs to the

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Early life and education

Marisol Espinoza was born in

where she attended San José de Tarbes school in her hometown. From 1985 to 1991 she studied information science and liberal arts, with a focus on journalism, at the

University of Piura The University of Piura (; "UDEP") is a private university in Peru. It has two campuses, the main one is in Piura, while a more recently built one is located in the Miraflores District of Lima. In 1964, Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus D ...

. From 1988 to 1989 she was trainee editor for the local daily La Industria. In 1991 she worked as a drafter and reporter for RBC Channel 11. From 1991 to 1992 she edited international news for América Televisión. In December 1992 she left her then position at América Televisión to become head of the Economics page of the newspaper '' El Tiempo'' of Piura, in 2002. Espinoza took part in postgraduate programs of

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and

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. From 1999 to 2000 she returned to her alma mater to study for a master's degree in economics.

Political career

In January 2005 Marisol Espinoza joined the Union for Peru party. She was elected Congresswoman representing Piura in the 2006 legislative election. Since July 2009 she has been speaker of the

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bench in the Congress. In the 2011 presidential election Espinoza was

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's running mate as candidate for First Vice President of Peru on the Peru Wins ticket. On June 5 Humala was elected president, and Espinoza first vice president, with 51.5% of the votes, and took office on 28 July 2011. Espinoza quit the Nationalist Party in September 2015 and left the Peru Wins benches in Congress a month later. In the 2016 Congressional election she ran as an independent under the

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slate.

References

External links

Official Congressional SiteResume on National Electoral Panel (JNE) site (Spanish)
1967 births Living people People from Piura Union for Peru politicians Peruvian Nationalist Party politicians Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Peruvian women journalists Vice presidents of Peru University of Piura alumni 21st-century Peruvian women politicians Women vice presidents in South America Alliance for Progress (Peru) politicians Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru {{peru-politician-stub