Luis Alberto Félix Sánchez Sánchez (October 12, 1900 – February 6, 1994) was a

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vian lawyer, jurist, philosopher, historian, writer and politician. A historic member of the

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, he became a

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and member of two Constitutional Assemblies, in which the second one (1978–1980), he occupied the Vice-Presidency of the Assembly and the Presidency of the Constitution Committee. During the Presidency of

Alan García Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the Peruvian Apris ...

(1985–1990), he was his Second Vice President and was appointed for a short period as Prime Minister of Peru. In Congress he served as President of the Senate two occasions (1966–1967 and 1985–1986). He is the oldest Vice President of Peru, taking office at the age of 84 years, 289 days.

Biography

The figure of Luis Alberto Sanchez, who was born at Lima in 1900, covers most of the century. He was three times Provost of the

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. Together with

Raúl Porras Barrenechea Raúl Porras Barrenechea (23 March 1897 – 27 September 1960) was a Peruvian diplomat, historian and politician. He was President of the Senate in 1957 and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1958 and 1960. A well-known figure of the student m ...

and Jorge Guillermo Leguia, he was one of the leading figures of the Conversation University founded in 1919 with the participation, among others, of

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 p ...

, Jorge Basadre, Carlos Paz Soldan Moreyra, Ricardo Garcia and Jose Luis Vegas Llosa Belaunde. Among his literary works and news articles we have a large amount from'' Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, first Creole'' (1939), Aladdin'' or life and work of Jose Santos Chocano'' (1960),'' process and content of the Latin American novel'' (1968),'' comparative History of American literature'' (1973–1976), to'' Indianism and Indigenism in Peruvian literature'' (1981). But his main work and the dearest was dedicated to Manuel González Prada, which took shape with titles like 'Don Manuel' (1930), 'Myth and Reality of Gonzalez Prada' (1976), 'Our lives are the rivers ... History and legend of González Prada' (1977) and a substantial variety of editions of the work of González Prada. As a politician, was a prominent figure of the

and scored the second most votes, after Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, during the

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to constitute the

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in 1979. He was elected Second Vice President of Peru in

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, as the running mate of

. He was also elected re-elected as Senator at the same time.

Last years and death

At the end of his life, in 1990 he was elected Senator and served until the closing of Congress by the 1992 self-coup of

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. He died in 1994 in Lima, dedicating his last days to writing. He taught at the

Deutsche Schule Lima Alexander von Humboldt ''Deutsche Schule Alexander von Humboldt Lima'' ( es, Colegio Peruano Alemán Alexander von Humboldt) is a German international school with two campuses in Lima, Peru: one in Miraflores and one in Surco, with a recreational centre in Huampaní ...

.Novak, Fabián. ''Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania, 1828-2003'' (Serie Política exterior peruana). Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2004. , 9789972426346. p
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References

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