Mariano Ignacio Prado

Manuel Ignacio Prado

Prado in a contemporary newspaper

Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa (born July 18, 1826 in Huánuco , Peru; † May 5, 1901 in Chorrillos ) was Peruvian President from 1865 to 1868 and 1876 to 1879 .

Born in Huánuco on July 18, 1826, he joined the army in 1854. Soon afterwards he was exiled to Chile for criticizing the government of José Rufino Echenique. In 1855 he fought under Ramón Castilla in the liberal revolution of 1855. In 1858 he became Prefect of Arequipa and MP Huánucos in the National Convention.

On February 28th, Prado initiated an uprising in Arequipa against the signing of the Vivanco-Pareja contract . On April 25, 1865, he overthrew the government of the constitutional president General Juan Antonio Pezets and proclaimed himself Supreme Leader of the Republic. After two months he left the leadership of the state to Pedro Díez-Canseco to take part in the presidential elections that year, which he also won. During his reign, the Battle of Callao took place in the Spanish-South American War on May 2, 1866 , and the Political State Constitution of 1868, later annulled by Pedro Díez-Canseco, was passed. On August 5, 1868, he resigned because of pressure from the Republican Congress. On August 2, 1876, he was again President of Peru, succeeding Manuel Pardo in this office. The reign was overshadowed by an economic crisis and the saltpeter war. After military defeat, he went to Europe to buy weapons for the army. He only returned from Europe with Francisco García Calderón after the end of the Saltpeter War .

On May 5, 1901, Prado died in Chorrillos.

literature

• Carlos Milla Batres (ed.): Crónica del Peru Republicano (1800– AÑO 2000). Lima 1994.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carlos Milla Batres (ed.): Crónica del Peru Republicano (1800– AÑO 2000). Lima 1994. page 385.