Nidia_Vílchez

Nidia Ruth Vílchez Yucra (born May 12, 1964) is a Peruvian public accountant and politician. A ranking member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, she served in the Peruvian Congress representing Junín from 2006 to 2011. During Alan García's second administration, she served in the positions of Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation and Minister of Women and Social Development.In her last portfolio, she championed several structural reforms at social level, improving the societal conditions of the lower-income class, being credited with contributing the reduction of poverty from 48% to 28% from 2006 to 2011.She failed to attain reelection for Congress in 2011, 2016 and 2020, and lost the 2014 governorship election of Junín, placing second.
For the 2021 general election, Vílchez announced her candidacy for the Peruvian Aprista Party presidential nomination, in October 2020. On the primary election held in November 2020, she defeated two other candidates and formally obtained the nomination.