Ana María Sánchez de Ríos

Ana María Liliana Sánchez Vargas de Ríos (born 28 January 1959) is a Peruvian diplomat. She has a degree in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a licentiate in International Relations from the . She was the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 April 2015 to 28 July 2016.

Biography Ana María Sánchez de Ríos is a lawyer graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

In 1980 she entered the Diplomatic Service of Peru. She was promoted to the position of ambassador on 1 January 2013.

Minister of Foreign Affairs

On 2 April 2015, she was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, joining the Council of Ministers chaired by Pedro Cateriano, the seventh of the government of President Ollanta Humala. The ceremony was held in the Golden Hall of the Government Palace. With her appointment she became the first woman in the diplomatic corps of Peru to be appointed Foreign Minister (her predecessor, Eda Rivas, was not a career diplomat).

Later career In 2025 Peru announced her candidacy for assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States in the May 2025 election. She lost in the second round of voting to Laura Gil of Colombia.

Decorations 2008: Military Order of Ayacucho, in the rank of Commander 2015: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru 2015: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services 2015: Grand Cross of the José Gregorio Paz Soldán Order of Merit of the Diplomatic Service of Peru