Ramiro Abelardo Prialé Prialé (January 6, 1904 - February 27, 1988) was a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest of Peru, Spanish conquest in th ...

politician. A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, he was a friend of Víctor Raúl Haya De La Torre. He served as the President of the Senate from July 1964 to July 1965, and from July 1987 until his death. Several roads and places in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

are named for him.

Biography

Prialé was born in

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on January 6, 1904. He was the son of Pedro Sixto Prialé Ráez and Edelmira Prialé Morales. He did his school studies at the Colegio Nacional Santa Isabel de Huancayo. He married Carmen Luzmila Jaime Torres, with whom he would have five children: Ramiro Alfonso, Raquel Edelmira, Pedro José, Víctor Gustavo and Carmen Luzmila. With his first son, he traveled to Lima to study Law at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. At some point, he and Torres separated, and he married

Antonieta Zevallos de Prialé Antonieta Zevallos de Prialé (1918/1919 – 8 August 2006) was a Peruvian politician who served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1980 until 1985, representing Lima as a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party. Her husband Ramiro Prialé was the lead ...

in 1945.

Political career

He was the founder of the

Peruvian Aprista Party The Peruvian Aprista Party ( es, Partido Aprista Peruano, PAP) () is a Peruvian political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) by Víctor Raúl Haya de l ...

together with

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (February 22, 1895 – August 2, 1979) was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political ...

, being one of its historical leaders. He was elected senator by his native Junín in the elections of 1945, 1963, 1980 and 1985. He was a mentor and teacher of numerous leaders of different generations such as Alberto Valencia Cárdenas, Gilmer Calderón Cuenca, José Barsallo Burga, Melitón Arce, Carlos Roca and the current prominent leaders Mercedes Cabanillas, former President of the Congress from 2006-2007.

References

Presidents of the Senate of Peru People from Huancayo 1904 births 1988 deaths American Popular Revolutionary Alliance politicians {{peru-politician-stub