José Jorge Loayza (April 23, 1827 – May 28, 1904) was a

Peruvian Peruvians (''/peruanas'') are the citizens of Peru. What is now Peru has been inhabited for several millennia by cultures such as the Caral before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 ...

lawyer, judge and politician. He was born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

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. Loayza served as

minister of finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

in 1865, foreign affairs and justice in the

Government of Peru The Republic of Peru is a unitary state with a multi-party semi-presidential system. The current government was established by the 1993 Constitution of Peru. The government is composed of three branches, being executive, judicial, and legislat ...

. He was three times

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(1872, June–December 1878, May 1898-September 1899).

Bibliography

* Basadre, Jorge: ''Historia de la República del Perú. 1822 - 1933'', Octava Edición, corregida y aumentada. Tomos 5 y 6. Editada por el Diario "La República" de Lima y la Universidad "Ricardo Palma". Impreso en Santiago de Chile, 1998. * Tauro del Pino, Alberto: ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú''. Tercera Edición. Tomo 10. LLO/MEN. Lima, PEISA, 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loayza, Jose Jorge 1827 births 1904 deaths 19th-century Peruvian judges Politicians from Lima Ministers of economy and finance of Peru Foreign ministers of Peru Justice ministers of Peru Presidents of the Supreme Court of Peru Prime ministers of Peru