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'''Zoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar''' (born 7 January 1958) is a [[Peru]]vian [[business]]woman and [[politician]] with the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]]. She is the first [[woman]] in [[Peru]]'s history to become a [[Vice President of Peru]], running as the Second Running mate of [[Alan García]] in the [[2006 Peruvian general election|2006 election]].<ref name="elregionalpiura">{{cite web|url=https://www.elregionalpiura.com.pe/index.php/especiales/164-informes/11143-presidentes-y-vicepresidentes-desde-1980-en-peru-crisis-y-realidades|title=Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades|date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

She was also elected as [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] representing [[Arequipa]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ficha de Congresista|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/organizacion/FichaCongresista.asp?C_Persona=0391|publisher=Congreso de la Republica del Peru|access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref> where she had been elected as "regidora" in 2002. She served until the 2011 election when she lost her seat in the [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011 elections]] when she ran for re-election.{{fact|date=June 2020}}