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List Of Mayors Of Lima ...
The following is a list of mayors (''alcaldes'') of Lima since the city's foundation in 1535. Under Spanish rule, the city's '' cabildo'' was headed by an ''Alcalde ordinario''. Currently, the city's local government is under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima. List of mayors See also * Timeline of Lima * Metropolitan Municipality of Lima Notes References Further reading * * {{Peru lists Lima Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Lima
The Coat of arms of Lima was granted by the Spanish Crown on December 7, 1537, by Royal Decree signed in Valladolid by Emperor Charles V and his mother Queen Joanna, endowing the city with the shield. Description In the ''Cédula'', preserved for a time in the Archives of the Cabildo, and later known by its transcription in another file of the city, the shield is described as follows: "A shield in blue field, with three crowns of gold of kings, placed in triangle, and on top of them, a gold star, which each of the three points of said star touches the three crowns, and by border some letters of gold that say: 'Hoc signum vere regum est', in red field, and by crest two black eagles of golden crown of kings, that look at each other, and embrace an I and a K, which are the first letters of our proper names, and on top of these said letters a golden star, according to here they are figured and painted." The slogan on the red border (gules) "Hoc signum vere regum est", which means "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio De Morga
Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (29 November 1559 – 21 July 1636) was a Spanish soldier, lawyer and a high-ranking colonial official for 43 years, in the Philippines (1594 to 1604), New Spain and Peru, where he was president of the Real Audiencia for 20 years. He was also a historian. After being reassigned to Mexico, he published the book '' Sucesos de las islas Filipinas'' in 1609, considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. As deputy governor in the Philippines, he restored the ''audencia.'' He took over the function of judge or ''oidor''. He also took command of Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle against Dutch corsairs, but suffered defeat and barely survived. His history was first published in English in 1868; numerous editions have been published in English, including a 1907 edition. It has also been reprinted in Spanish and other languages. Education and service in the Philippines Antonio de Morga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Pardo (politician)
Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle (9 August 1834 – 16 November 1878) was a Peruvian politician who served as the 20th President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history. Biography Born into an aristocratic family of Lima, Peru, Pardo was the son of Felipe Pardo y Aliaga and Petronila de Lavalle y Cabero. His father was a writer and diplomat who was a grandchild of the Marquises of Fuentehermosa. His mother was a daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real and a sister of politician Juan Bautista de Lavalle. He spent his early years in Chile where his father served successively as Minister Plenipotentiary for the governments of Felipe Santiago Salaverry and Ramón Castilla. Pardo received his early education at the Commercial School of Valparaíso and the National Institute of Chile. Upon his return to Lima, he attended the prestigious College of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the San Carlos Convictorium. Pardo y Lavalle then studied philosophy and letters at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Salinas Y Castañeda
Antonio de Salinas Varona y Castañeda (1810–1874) was a wealthy Peruvian landowner and conservative politician. Biography He was born in Sayán. He became Mayor of Lima between 1866 and 1868, was a congressman from 1845 to 1851, and President of the Constitutional Congress in 1867. His father, Anselmo Manuel de Salinas Varona y Céspedes, born in Espinosa de Los Monteros (Spain), was a coronel of the Spanish Army and bought the estates of the Augustinians in the Huaura Valley of the Sayán District, 100 miles north of Lima, including the important Andahuasi Estate. His mother, Petronila Maria Ignacia Matanzas de Castañeda de Oyor, was the daughter of Spanish nobles settled in Cajamarca. He married Paula de Cossío y Centurión and lived both in his Quipico Estate and his House in Lima. As his father he became coronel, but the Peruvian Army. As an important landowner, he led the meeting of the main landowners of the country for an indemnity after slavery abolitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Gutiérrez De La Fuente
Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente (8 September 1796 – 14 March 1878) was a Peruvian politician who also served in the Peruvian military. He briefly served as President of Peru from June 7 to September 1, 1829. Gutiérrez de la Fuente was born in the silver-mining town of Huantajaya, Tarapacá, Peru (now Chile), in 1796. He was an officer in the Spanish forces, before joining the rebellion for independence. Strong partisan of Simón Bolívar they supported the 1823 coup. De la Fuente and Agustín Gamarra were made governors of southern States after Peruvian independence, with de la Fuente in charge of Arequipa. In 1826 they considered separating from Peru, but instead lead the movement to overthrow the government of José de La Mar with de la Fuente being named Vice President of Peru and taking the position of the President of the Republic until the General Agustín Gamarra succeeded him. Gutiérrez de la Fuente served as the Vice President of Peru from 1 September 1829 to 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Peru (1839)
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Peru (; Southern Quechua: ''Perú Suyu Hatun Kamay Pirwa 1993'') is the supreme law of Peru. The current constitution, enacted on 31 December 1993, is Peru's fifth in the 20th century and replaced the 1979 Constitution. The Constitution was drafted by the Democratic Constituent Congress that was convened by President Alberto Fujimori during the Peruvian Constitutional Crisis of 1992 that followed his 1992 self-coup and dissolution of Congress, and was promulgated on 29 December 1993. A Democratic Constitutional Congress (CCD) was elected in 1992, and the final text was approved in a 1993 referendum. The Constitution was primarily created by Fujimori and supporters without the participation of any opposing entities. The 1993 Constitution of Peru differed originally from the 1979 Constitution in that it gave greater power to the president. For example, it allowed for reelection, reduced the bicameral 240-member congress to a unicamer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Menéndez
Manuel Menéndez Gorozabel (1793 – May 2, 1847) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru The president of Peru (), officially the constitutional president of the Republic of Peru (), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is the head of the executive branch and is the supreme head of the Peruvian Armed ... from 1841 to 1842, and again from 1844 to 1845. He was ousted from office in a 1842 military coup carried out by General Juan Crisostomo Torrico. He was restored to office in the ''Constitutional Revolution'' of 1843-1844. See also * List of presidents of Peru References 1793 births 1847 deaths Presidents of Peru Viceroyalty of Peru people {{Peru-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian War Of Independence
The Peruvian War of Independence () was a series of military conflicts in Peru from 1809 to 1826 that resulted in the country's independence from the Spanish Empire. Part of the broader Spanish American wars of independence, it led to the dissolution of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's 1808 invasion of Spain resulted in the abdications of Charles IV and Ferdinand VII in favour of Joseph Bonaparte. In Spanish America, autonomous governments arose in the power vacuum. Initially Peru was a stronghold for royalists, with Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa using Peru as a base for counterrevolutionary forces. In 1820, the Liberating Expedition of Peru, under the command of Argentine General San Martín forced the viceroyalty to abandon Lima and fortify itself in Cusco. But conflict between San Martin and Simón Bolívar at the Guayaquil Conference divided patriot forces. Aided by Bolivar fighting continued with the definitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Constitution Of 1812
The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy (), also known as the Constitution of Cádiz () and nicknamed ''La Pepa'', was the first Constitution of Spain and one of the earliest codified constitutions in world history. The Constitution was ratified on 19 March 1812 by the Cortes of Cádiz, the first Spanish legislature that included delegates from the entire nation and its possessions, including Spanish America and the Philippines. "It defined Spanish and Spanish American liberalism for the early 19th century." With the notable exception of proclaiming Roman Catholicism as the official and sole legal religion in Spain, the Constitution was one of the most liberal of its time: it affirmed national sovereignty, separation of powers, freedom of the press, free enterprise, abolished corporate privileges ( ''fueros''), and established a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. It was one of the first constitutions that allowed universal male suffrage, with some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (; 25 February 177817 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain. In 1808, after taking part in the Peninsular War against France, San Martín contacted South American supporters of independence from Spain in London. In 1812, he set sail for Buenos Aires and offered his services to the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, present-day Argentina and other countries. After the Battle of San Lorenzo and time commanding the Army of the North during 1814, he organized a plan to defeat the Spanish forces that menaced the United Provinces from the north, us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Bernardo De Tagle Y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess Of Torre Tagle
José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (21 March 1779 – 26 September 1825), was a Peruvian soldier and politician who served as the Interim President of Peru in 1823 as well as the second President of Peru from 1823 to 1824. He was a supporter of liberalism.https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/autoridad/144506 Biography He was born on 21 March 1779, in Lima, Colonial Peru, into an aristocratic family. His father was José Manuel de Tagle e Isásaga, lieutenant colonel of the Regiment of Dragoons of Lima and heir of the Marquessate of Torre Tagle. His mother was Josefa Portocarrero y Zamudio, a granddaughter of the Count of Monclova and a great-granddaughter of Melchor Portocarrero, Viceroy of Peru. When his grandfather died in 1794, his father succeeded him as the 3rd Marquis of Torre Tagle. Tagle received a private education. He initiated his military career as cadet of the Regiment of Dragoons of Lima in 1789 when he was just ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fermín Francisco De Carvajal-Vargas, 1st Duke Of San Carlos
Fermín Francisco de Carvajal-Vargas y Alarcón, 1st Duke of San Carlos and Grandee of Spain (Chile, 1722 – Madrid, 1799) was a Spanish-Peruvian noble. He was the last Correo Mayor de Indias, responsible for the postal communication between the Americas and Spain. He was married at the Cathedral of Lima on 11 June 1741 to his cousin Joaquina María Magdalena Brun y Carvajal. The couple had four children: *Magdalena de Carvajal, later Marquise of Lara; *Mariano Joaquín de Carvajal-Vargas (died 1796), later 5th Count of Puerto. Father of José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas y Manrique de Lara Polanco, 2nd Duke of San Carlos, (8 May 1771 in Lima, Peru – 27 September 1828 in París), 6th conde de Castillejo and 9th conde del Puerto was an Absolutist military and noble. A favourite ...; *Diego Melchor de Carvajal-Vargas; * Luis Fermín de Carvajal, later 1st Count of La Unión. Dukes of Spain 1722 births 1799 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
