Rocío de María González Zúñiga is a Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian politician. She was elected as a Congresswoman

Congress of Peru

The Congress of the Republic of Peru or the National Congress of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru.Congress consists of 130 members of congress , who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation basis...

 representing Arequipa

Arequipa Region

Arequipa is a region in southwestern Peru. It is bordered by the Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco regions on the north; the Puno Region on the east; the Moquegua Region on the south; and the Pacific Ocean on the west...

 for the 2006-2011 term. González was elected as a member of the Union for Peru

Union for Peru

Union for Peru is a Peruvian political party. UPP was founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, ex UN Secretary General, in 1994. UPP was originally a liberal or centrist political party....

 party, but left it after the election

Peruvian national election, 2006

The first round of the 2006 Peruvian national election was held on April 9, 2006 to elect the President of the Republic, two Vice-Presidents, 120 Members of Congress, and five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament , for the 2006-2011 period.No single presidential ticket obtained more than half...

 to form the Peruvian Democratic Party

Peruvian Democratic Party

The Peruvian Democratic Party is a Peruvian political party founded on 26 June 2006 by former Union for Peru members following differences with that party....

 along with fellow Congress members Carlos Torres Caro

Carlos Torres Caro

Carlos Alberto Torres Caro is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Lima for the 2006–2011 term. Torres Caro ran for the Union for Peru party in the 2006 election, obtaining the party's highest individual vote, but resigned from it after the presidential runoff, in which the ticket...

 and Gustavo Espinoza

Gustavo Espinoza

Gustavo Dacio Espinoza Soto is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Lambayeque for the 2006-2011 term. Espinoza was elected as a member of the Union for Peru party, but left it after the election to form the Peruvian Democratic Party along with fellow Congress members Carlos Torres...

. She was removed from her post following her conviction on criminal charges related to her business stealing electric power from the government.