Mercedes Aráoz

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aráoz and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Mercedes Aráoz
Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism
In office
28 July 2006 – 10 July 2010
Preceded by Alfredo Ferrero
Succeeded by Martín Pérez Monteverde
Personal details
Born (1961-08-05)5 August 1961
Lima,  Peru
Profession Economist
Religion Roman Catholic

Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández (Lima, 5 August 1961) is a Peruvian economist, professor, and politician. She served as Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism from 2006[1] to December 2009,[2] after which she was appointed Peru's finance minister.

Aráoz graduated from the University of the Pacific in Lima and the University of Miami.[3][4]

Aráoz agreed to be the presidential candidate of the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA) for the 2011 presidential elections. However, she withdrew her candidacy on January 16 of that year, and the APRA party did not field any candidate.

In the 2016 general election, Aráoz runs with the Peruvians for Change party as candidate both for Congress and for second vice president as running mate of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Afirma ministra de Comercio Exterior, Mercedes Aráoz: Correa puede poner en riesgo negociación entre la CAN-UE" (in Spanish). EFE news agency. 28 November 2006.
  2. ↑ Quigley, John (22 December 2009). "Peru’s Araoz Named Finance Minister as Carranza Quits". Bloomberg.
  3. ↑ "Perú.- Alan García designa a Mercedes Aráoz como la primera mujer al frente del Ministerio de Economía" (in Spanish). Finanzas. 22 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Universidad del Pacífico".
  5. ↑ http://www.infogob.com.pe/Politico/ficha.aspx?IdPolitico=15752233&IdTab=1
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