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Espinoza quit the Nationalist Party in September 2015 and left the Peru Wins benches in Congress a month later.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://larepublica.pe/politica/711611-marisol-espinoza-renuncia-la-bancada-de-gana-peru |title=Marisol Espinoza renuncia a la bancada de Gana Perú |newspaper=LaRepublica.pe |date=19 October 2015}}</ref> In the [[Peruvian general election, 2016|2016 Congressional election]] she ran as an independent on the [[Alliance for Progress (Peru)|Alliance for Progress]] slate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://elcomercio.pe/politica/elecciones/vicepresidenta-marisol-espinoza-se-une-partido-cesar-acuna-noticia-1869003 |title=Vicepresidenta Marisol Espinoza se une a partido de César Acuña |newspaper=El Comercio |date=6 January 2016}}</ref>
Espinoza quit the Nationalist Party in September 2015 and left the Peru Wins benches in Congress a month later.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://larepublica.pe/politica/711611-marisol-espinoza-renuncia-la-bancada-de-gana-peru |title=Marisol Espinoza renuncia a la bancada de Gana Perú |newspaper=LaRepublica.pe |date=19 October 2015}}</ref> In the [[Peruvian general election, 2016|2016 Congressional election]] she ran as an independent on the [[Alliance for Progress (Peru)|Alliance for Progress]] slate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://elcomercio.pe/politica/elecciones/vicepresidenta-marisol-espinoza-se-une-partido-cesar-acuna-noticia-1869003 |title=Vicepresidenta Marisol Espinoza se une a partido de César Acuña |newspaper=El Comercio |date=6 January 2016}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
In 2018 Peruvian attorney Juan Carrasco told that congressmen [[Javier Velásquez Quesquén]] and [[Héctor Becerril]] are suspected of giving political support to the criminal organization known as [[Los Wachiturros de Tumán]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fiscalía: Oviedo y "Los Wachiturros de Tumán" tenían el apoyo político de Becerril y Velásquez Quesquén|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/lambayeque/fiscal-senala-que-oviedo-y-los-wachiturros-de-tuman-tenian-el-apoyo-politico-de-dos-congresistas-856364/|accessdate=6 February 2019|agency=Diario Correo}}</ref>

In April 2018 the weekly publication ''[[Hildebrandt en sus trece]]'' published that a protected witness declared that [[Edwin Oviedo]], accused of being part of the Los Wachiturros de Tumán criminal organization, had given corruption payments to Javier Velasques Quesquén and Marisol Espinoza.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colaborador eficaz acusa a dos congresistas de recibir dinero del Grupo Oviedo|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/1292177-colaborador-eficaz-acusa-congresistas-recibir-dinero-grupo-oviedo|accessdate=6 February 2019|agency=Diarion la República}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Juan Sheput: "Velásquez Quesquén had to withdraw from the Chávarry case" politics |url=https://navva.org/peru/nation/juan-sheput-velasquez-quesquen-had-to-withdraw-from-the-chavarry-case-politics/ |accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref>


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Marisol Espinoza
First Vice President of Peru[1]
In office
28 July 2011 – 28 July 2016
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byLuis Giampietri
Succeeded byMartín Vizcarra
Member of Congress of the Republic of Peru
Incumbent
Assumed office
2006
ConstituencyPiura
Majority14,101 votes
Personal details
Born (1967-07-30) 30 July 1967 (age 57)
Piura, Peru
Political partyAlliance for Progress (since 2015)
Alma materUniversity of Piura
ProfessionJournalist

Marisol Espinoza Cruz (born 30 July 1967) is a Peruvian politician who was the First Vice President of Peru during Humala administration 2011–2016. She has been a Congresswoman representing Piura since 2006. Espinoza belongs to the Peruvian Nationalist Party.

Marisol Espinoza was born in Piura where she attended "San José de Tarbes" School in her home town. From 1985 to 1991 she studied information science and liberal arts, with focus on journalism at the University of Piura. 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 Florida International University and Northwestern University. From 1999 to 2000 she returned to her alma mater to study for a master's degree in economics.

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 Nationalist bench in the Congress. In the 2011 presidential election Espinoza was Ollanta Humala'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.[2] In the 2016 Congressional election she ran as an independent on the Alliance for Progress slate.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Marisol Espinoza renuncia a la bancada de Gana Perú". LaRepublica.pe. 19 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Vicepresidenta Marisol Espinoza se une a partido de César Acuña". El Comercio. 6 January 2016.
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