(LIP-wb) On Monday Lourdes Mendoza del Solar will make history in Peru. In her function as second Vice-President of the Republic she will assume responsibility of the Government Palace while President Alan Garcia is attending the inauguration ceremony of Rafael Correa, newly elected President of Ecuador.
Mendoza del Solar will become the first woman in the history of Peru to assume the role of leading the country, the Peru's Presidential Press Secretariat stated in an official note.
Garcia and Peru's Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garci'a Belaunde will represent the county at Correa's official inauguration, which is also attended by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Lourdes Mendoza, the second vice-president and congresswoman from the city of Arequipa, will be in charge of presidential functions during Garcia absence. Peru's first vice-president, Luis Giampietri, is attenting personal matters next week.