| Office: | Second Vice President of Peru |
| President: | Alan García Pérez |
| Term Start: | 28 July 2006 |
| Term End: | 28 July 2011 |
| Predecessor: | David Waisman |
| Successor: | Omar Chehade |
| Office2: | Member of Congress |
| Term Start2: | 26 July 2006 |
| Term End2: | 26 July 2011 |
| Constituency2: | Arequipa |
| Office3: | Arequipa City Councilwoman |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2003 |
| Term End3: | 26 July 2006 |
| Party: | Peruvian Aprista Party |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Arequipa, Peru |
| Spouse: | Alfredo Fonts Fontana (divorced) |
Zoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar (7 January 1958 – 4 October 2024) was a Peruvian businesswoman and politician with the 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 election.[1]
Mendoza was also elected as Member of Congress representing Arequipa,[2] where she had been elected as "regidora" in 2002. She served until the 2011 election when she lost her seat in the 2011 elections when she ran for re-election.
Mendoza died from a heart attack on 4 October 2024, at the age of 66.[3]
| Office | List | Votes | Result | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||
| 2006 1-R | Second Vice President of Peru | Peruvian Aprista Party | 2,985,858 | 24.32% | 2nd | → Round 2 | [4] | |
| 2006 2-R | 6,965,017 | 52.63% | 1st | [5] | ||||
| Election | Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||||
| 2006 | Member of Congress | Peruvian Aprista Party | 1 | Arequipa | 20,019 | 13.61% | 3rd | [6] | ||
| 2011 | Member of Congress | Peruvian Aprista Party | 2 | Arequipa | 6,693 | 4.28% | 6th | [7] | ||