Patricia Juárez

Carmen Patricia Juárez Gallegos (born July 16, 1960) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She served as a member of the Lima City Council during the period 2015–2018 and elected Congresswoman of the Republic for the parliamentary period 2021–2026.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Juárez and the second or maternal family name is Gallegos.

Patricia Juárez
Member of Congress
Assumed office
26 July 2021
ConstituencyLima
Chair of the Congressional Constitution and Regulation Committee
In office
17 August 2021 – 17 August 2022
DeputyGladys Echaíz
Preceded byLuis Valdez Farías
Succeeded byHernando Guerra García
Lieutenant Mayor of Lima
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2018
Preceded byHernán Núñez Gonzales
Succeeded byMiguel Romero Sotelo
Personal details
Born
Carmen Patricia Juárez Gallegos

(1960-07-16) July 16, 1960
Marcona, Ica, Peru
Political partyPopular Force (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations		National Solidarity (2004-2018)
SpouseJosé Danós
EducationFederico Villarreal National University

Biography

She was born in Ica on July 16, 1960.

She completed his primary studies at the Fiscalized School N ° 1897 - Marcona and the secondary ones at the San José de Ica School.

She studied Law at the Federico Villarreal National University.

She was Manager of Defense of the Citizen (2008-2010), Sub-Secretary of the Council (2005-2008) and Sub-Manager of Support to Commissions of Councilors (2003-2005).

She is married to José Danós.[2]

Political career

She was a member of the National Solidarity Party from 2004 until her resignation in 2018. Within the party, Juárez was National Secretary of Politics.

Her political career began in the 2011 general election, where she was a candidate for the Congress of the Republic for the National Solidarity Alliance, however, she was not elected. In 2013, she was one of the main spokespersons for the campaign for "Yes" in the recall of the councilors and the mayor of Lima.[3]

Councilor of Lima (2015–2018)

In the municipal elections of 2014, she was elected Councilor of Lima of National Solidarity for the municipal period 2015-2018. In addition, Juárez also served as Deputy Mayor from 2015 until the end of the municipal government of Luis Castañeda Lossio in 2018.

In 2018, Juárez surprisingly resigned from the National Solidarity Party. She never officially declared the reason for her resignation.[4]

She had rapprochements with the Let's Go Peru party in 2020,[5] however, in October 2020, in a video shown on Keiko Fujimori's Twitter account, it was announced that she would be part of Popular Force with the message "Patricia Juárez joins to our Government Plan team".

2nd vice president candidate, elected Congresswoman

For the general elections of 2021, Juárez announced her candidacy for the 2nd Vice Presidency of the Republic on the presidential roster of Keiko Fujimori by Popular Force. In the same elections, Juárez was instead elected Congresswoman of the Republic of Popular Force, with 40,130 votes, for the parliamentary period 2021-2026.[6] She would join the Madrid Forum of the far-right Spanish political party Vox, an international alliance comprising right-wing and far-right individuals.[7]

References
  1. LR, Redacción (April 12, 2021). "Conoce quiénes serían los virtuales congresistas de Lima Metropolitana, según reporte de ONPE". larepublica.pe.
  2. "Patricia Juárez votará por el No para que su esposo no sea revocado" (in Spanish). Peru21. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013.
  3. "Sólo Patricia Juárez debatirá por el Sí". diariocorreo (in Spanish). March 10, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  4. PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (November 23, 2018). "Patricia Juárez renunció al partido Solidaridad Nacional | LIMA". El Comercio Perú.
  5. "Vamos Perú confirma participación en elecciones 2020". canaln.pe.
  6. PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (June 9, 2021). "Congreso 2021-2026: JNE entregó las credenciales a los 130 nuevos legisladores | En Directo | Online | Congresistas | Congreso de la República | Perú | | ELECCIONES-2021". El Comercio Perú.
  7. "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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