Ana Vilma de Escobar

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Ana Vilma de Escobar
Vice President of El Salvador
In office 1 June 2004 – 1 June 2009
President	Antonio Saca
Preceded by	Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt
Succeeded by	Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-02) 2 March 1954 (age 70) San Salvador,  El Salvador
Political party	Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Spouse	Carlos Patricio Escobar Thompson

Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar (born 2 March 1954) is a Salvadoran politician who was Vice President of El Salvador from 1 June 2004 to 1 June 2009. She is a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).

She is the first woman to serve as vice president, complementing the presidential formula of Elías Antonio Saca for the term 2004–2009. Their victory was the outcome of the most attended election in Salvadoran history, giving their party, ARENA, 58.5% of the votes, 20 points above its closest contender. She sought the nomination for president of El Salvador in the presidential primary of 2008 but was defeated by National Police Chief Rodrigo Ávila.