Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle (August 9, 1834 – November 16, 1878) was a

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vian politician who served as the 31st

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. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history.

Biography

Born into an aristocratic family of

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, his father,

Felipe Pardo y Aliaga Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (11 June 1806, Lima – 24 December 1868, Lima) was a Peruvian poet, satirist, playwright, lawyer and politician. Biography A member of Lima's aristocratic elite, his father was Manuel Pardo Ribadeneira, ''oidor'' ...

, was a diplomatist and his mother, Petronila de Lavalle y Cabero, daughter of the 2nd Count of Premio Real. He was educated at four schools: Commercial School of Valparaíso, National Institute of Chile, College of Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Carlos Convictorium. Lavalle studied philosophy at

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and economics and literature at the

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. Pardo was

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from 1865 to 1867. He was director of Public-Benefit Society of Lima (1868) and Mayor of Lima (1869–1870). On 24 April 1871, he founded the Civilista Party, the most important political party of the Aristocratic Republic. He was elected president by the

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after a failed coup launched by colonel Tomás Gutierrez. One of the most controversial acts committed during his presidency was the signing of a Treaty of Defensive Alliance with Bolivia. The objective of this pact was to protect themselves from what they perceived as "Chilean Imperialism" and a growing desire of

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for the allied provinces of

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and

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. On November 16, 1878, Manuel Pardo,

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, was assassinated by gunshot. His sons were

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, Prime-Minister and also President of Peru, Felipe Pardo y Barreda, V Marquis of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda, and

Juan Pardo y Barreda ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru.Gootenberg, Paul. Imagining Development: Economic Ideas in Peru's "Fictitious Prosperity" of Guano, 1840-1880. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, c1993 1993.
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1834 births 1878 deaths Peruvian people of Spanish descent Presidents of Peru Peruvian Ministers of Economy and Finance Presidents of the Senate of Peru Deaths by firearm in Peru People murdered in Peru Assassinated Peruvian politicians Civilista Party politicians Politicians from Lima National University of San Marcos alumni {{Peru-politician-stub