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Mercedes Aráoz

1961 - Today

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Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández (born 5 August 1961) is a Peruvian economist, professor, and politician who served as Second Vice President of Peru from 2016 to 2020. At the beginning of her political career, she served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism from 2006 to July 2009, after which she was appointed briefly as Minister of Production, and finally as Minister of Economy and Finance, all portfolios under the second presidency of Alan García. At the 2016 Peruvian general election, Aráoz ran for the Second Vice Presidency along with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Martin Vizcarra in the Peruvians for Change ticket, being ultimately elected in a tight run-off against Keiko Fujimori's Popular Force ticket. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes Aráoz has received more than 207,482 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mercedes Aráoz is the 16,866th most popular politician (down from 15,754th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Peru (down from 158th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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  • 210k

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  • 50.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mercedes Aráoz ranks 16,866 out of 19,576. Before her are Peter Hardeman Burnett, Henry M. Jackson, William Eustis, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Giorgos Kaminis, and Sorin Grindeanu. After her are Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Yukio Edano, Theresa Kachindamoto, Inese Vaidere, and César Villanueva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mercedes Aráoz ranks 484. Before her are Jorge Barrios, Thomas Dooley, Dietmar Mögenburg, Julian Bailey, Lee Ju-ho, and Miguel Tendillo. After her are Bill English, Leonard Orban, Karin Enke, Anthony McCarten, Einars Repše, and Bodil Jørgensen.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Mercedes Aráoz ranks 177 out of 287. Before her are Christian Meier (1970), José María Lavalle (1902), Jorge Sarmiento (1900), José Fernández (1939), Oswaldo Ramírez (1947), and Justo Figuerola (1771). After her are César Villanueva (1946), Pablo Pacheco (1908), Ottorino Sartor (1945), José González Ganoza (1954), Yehude Simon (1947), and Pedro González (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Mercedes Aráoz ranks 74. Before her are David Samanez Ocampo (1866), Lizardo Montero Flores (1832), Juan Crisóstomo Torrico (1808), Miguel de San Román (1802), Domingo Nieto (1803), and Justo Figuerola (1771). After her are César Villanueva (1946), Yehude Simon (1947), Jorge Del Castillo (1950), Cecilia Tait (1962), Alberto Otárola (1967), and Violeta Bermúdez (1961).

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