Lorena Guadalupe Peña

Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, also known as Nadia Palacios and Rebeca Palacios, (born 1955) is a Salvadoran economist, former guerilla and politician. Representing the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), from May 2015 to November 2016, she was the third woman to serve as President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. As of November 2023, she continues to serve as president of the Women's International Democratic Federation, following her election in September 2016 at the organization's congress in Bogotá. In March 2023, the fiscal Salvadoran authorities brought a case against her for corruption.

Early life, education and family Born in San Salvador on 20 December 1955, Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza was the daughter of José Belisario Peña and Ángela Mendoza. One of the family's five children and their youngest daughter, she attended a secular primary school and a Catholic secondary school. In 1974, she married Hernán Solórzano with whom she had one son, Vladimir. During her time as Legislative Assembly president, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted on 26 November 2015 to approve the accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).