Ricardo Márquez Flores

Ricardo Marquez Flores
Second Vice President of Peru
In office 28 July 2000 – 22 November 2000
President	Alberto Fujimori
Preceded by	César Paredes Canto
Succeeded by	Vacant (David Waisman elected in 2001)
First Vice President of Peru
In office 28 July 1995 – 28 July 2000
President	Alberto Fujimori
Preceded by	Vacant (Last held by Máximo San Román in 1992)
Succeeded by	Francisco Tudela
Personal details
Born	thumb (1943-06-16) 16 June 1943 Lima, Peru
Died	thumb Ricardo Márquez Flores
Resting place	thumb Ricardo Márquez Flores
Political party	Cambio 90-New Majority
Other political affiliations	Peru 2000
Parent	thumb Ricardo Márquez Flores
Alma mater	New York University
Profession	Politician Businessman

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 22 November 2000.

Early life

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.

In 2018 he again assumed the presidency 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.

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 (2000)

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

When Fujimori resigned and along with him first vice president Francisco Tudela, it was up to Márquez to assume the presidency as second vice president, according to the Constitution. However, Congress refuse to recognize him as the new President of Peru because he was an ardent Fujimori ally instead, he choose to resign which was accepted by the Congress on 22 November 2000.

Márquez did not return to participate in politics and rather focused on forming a business career instead.