Ricardo Márquez Flores

Ricardo Marquez Flores (born 16 June 1943) is a Peruvian businessman and former Fujimorist politician. He was First Vice President of Peru during the second term of Alberto Fujimori between 28 July 1995 and 28 July 2000, and later served as Second Vice President of Peru during Fujimori's brief third term from 28 July 2000, until the resignation of Fujimori on 21 November 2000. He served as the president of the National Society of Industries (SNI) on two occasions, from 1993 to 1994 and from 2018 to 2022.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Márquez and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Ricardo Marquez Flores
Second Vice President of Peru
In office
28 July 2000 – 21 November 2000
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Preceded byCésar Paredes Canto
Succeeded byDavid Waisman (2001)
First Vice President of Peru
In office
28 July 1995 – 28 July 2000
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Preceded byMáximo San Román (1992)
Succeeded byFrancisco Tudela
Personal details
Born
Ricardo Marquez Flores

(1943-06-16) 16 June 1943
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyCambio 90-New Majority
Peru 2000
Alma materNew York University
ProfessionPolitician
Businessman

Early life and career

He was born to María Esther Flores Lozano de Marquez. He studied at the Leoncio Prado Military College in the La Perla-Callao district, and later studied Industrial Engineering at New York University.

He was Vice President of the National Confederation of Private Business Institutions (CONFIEP). From 1993 to 1994, he served as the president of the National Society of Industries.

Political career

First Vice President (1995–2000)

In the 1995 general elections, he ran for First Vice President, in the presidential ticket of then-president Alberto Fujimori, who triumphed in his first re-election. Márquez was commissioned to launch a five-year export promotion plan, the goal of which was to turn Peru into a vigorous export economy.[1]

In April 1996, the government created the Export Promotion Commission (Prompex), which was chaired by Márquez.

He was President of the Center for the Promotion of Small and Micro-enterprises (PROMPYME).

Second Vice President (Jul-Nov 2000)

In the 2000 general elections, he switched to the second vice presidency, in the Peru 2000 ticket headed by Fujimori, who again triumphed in his second re-election for a third term, amid discontent among a large part of the population.

When Fujimori resigned, Márquez was next in line for the presidency, since first vice president Francisco Tudela had himself resigned as few days earlier after breaking with Fujimori.[2] However, Congress refused to recognize him as the new president because he was still an ardent Fujimori ally. When it became clear that Márquez would not be allowed to claim the presidency, he submitted his resignation, which was accepted by the Congress on 22 November 2000.[3]

Post-vice presidency

Márquez did not return to participate in politics and rather focused on forming a business career instead. In 2018, Marquez Flores again assumed the presidency of the National Society of Industries until 2022.

References
  1. "La Marca de Márquez". Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. "De San Román a Chehade: La mala racha de los vicepresidentes del Perú | Gobierno | Política | el Comercio Peru". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. "A Mensaje" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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