Carolina Lizárraga
Carolina Lizárraga | |
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| Member of Congress | |
| In office 16 March 2020 – 26 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima | |
| In office 13 September 2010 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Appointed by | National Council of the Magistrature |
| In office 25 May 2002 – 23 October 2007 | |
| Appointed by | National Council of the Magistrature |
| Head of the National Anticorruption Office | |
| In office 23 October 2007 – 8 July 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office deactivated (functions merged with the Office of the Comptroller General) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1970 |
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| Spouse | José Ramírez-Gastón Roe (m. 2007) |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (LL.B.) (B.A.) Yale University (LL.M.) University of Alicante (LL.M.) University of Salamanca |
Carolina Lizárraga Houghton (born 25 March 1970) is a Peruvian lawyer, jurist, and politician who serves as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (PM), representing the Lima constituency.
A graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Yale Law School, Lizárraga pursued a career in the Peruvian Judiciary. From 2002 to 2007, she served as judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, and was appointed by President Alan García to the National Anticorruption Office. Dubbed as the "anticorruption tsarina" by the media, she resigned in July 2008, in the midst of criticisms of the agency's creation. She was reappointed as judge to the Lima Superior Court in September 2010, serving until her resignation in December 2014.
Entering politics for the 2016 general election, Lizárraga was selected to run for the second vice presidency, as part of the All for Peru ticket led by Julio Guzmán as the presidential nominee. The ticket was eventually disqualified by the National Elections Jury, amid party irregularities in the nominating process. In the aftermath of the election, she founded the Purple Party, alongside Julio Guzmán and Francisco Sagasti. Elected to the Peruvian Congress at the 2020 parliamentary election, she ran against Guzmán for the party's presidential nomination for the 2021 general election. She ultimately placed second in the primary election, as Guzmán won the nomination.