Lourdes Alcorta
Lourdes Alcorta | |
|---|---|
 Alcorta in 2010 | |
| Senator of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2026 | |
| Constituency | Nationwide |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 27 July 2006 – 16 March 2020 | |
| Constituency | Lima province |
| Member of the San Isidro City Council | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 26 July 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Lourdes Pía Luisa Alcorta Suero 21 June 1951 |
| Party | RP (since 2024) |
Other political affiliations | PPC (2002–2013) FP (2016–2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Lima |
| Occupation | Opinion journalist • Politician |
María Lourdes Pía Luisa Alcorta Suero (born 21 June 1951) is a Peruvian author, social communicator, Fujimorist politician and a former Congresswoman representing Lima from 2006 to 2019.
Early life
She graduated from Colegio Sagrado Corazón Sophianum school, in San Isidro, and studied advertising and marketing at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Alcorta worked in the private sector until 2003: she started as a television producer, then became accountancy director for the advertising agencies "Peruana de Publicidad" and "Forum"; she would later form her own agency, "Alma Publicidad". Also, she worked as a public speaker in advertising and marketing seminars, and has recently participated in governance, national security, and death penalty for child rapists seminars.
Political career
In 2013, she resigned from the Christian People's Party and from the Alliance for the Great Change, and joined the Regional Union group, and is elected councillor of Lima's San Isidro District. In 2006, she is elected to Congress for the 2006–2011 term on the National Unity list. In the 2011 election, she is re-elected for another five-year term on the ticket of the Alliance for the Great Change, to which the Christian democrats now belong. In the 2016 election, she was re-elected for another five-year term this time on the Fujimorist Popular Force and left office in 2019 following to the dissolution of the Congress.
References
- Archived December 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Lourdes Alcorta's personal site
- Official Congressional Site
- Resume on the National Electoral Committee (JNE) site
- Living people
- Peruvian people of Spanish descent
- Christian People's Party (Peru) politicians
- Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- 1951 births
- 21st-century Peruvian women politicians
- Fujimorists
- National Unity (Peru) politicians
- Popular Force politicians
- Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- Peruvian politician stubs