During the 1980s, then

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vian president

Alan García Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru The president of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Perú), officially called the president of the Republic of ...

proposed what was supposed to be a radical restructuring of the political and economical divisions of the country:

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. The law, which was approved, mandated the creation of

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s to function eventually as autonomous economic and administrative entities; 12 regions were formed from 23 of the former 24 departments. Formation of another region was delayed by the reluctance of the

Constitutional Province of Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Call ...

to merge with the

Lima Department Lima department was a department of Peru. It was formed by the territories of present-day Lima Region, Callao Region and Ica Region, and Casma Province, Huarmey Province and Santa Province The Santa Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancas ...

. Originally San Martín and La Libertad Regions formed the sole region of San Martín-La Libertad but later were split. The regions had to assume major responsibilities because of inadequate funding from the central

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, and organizational and political difficulties. This political division was never successful, and its implementation was cancelled.

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