Guillermo Billinghurst

Guillermo Billinghurst ( born July 27, 1851 in Arica ( in what is now Chile ); † June 28, 1915 in Iquique, Chile ) was a Peruvian politician. He was the successor of Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo 1912-1914 Peruvian president. His presidency was marked by violent clashes with the Peruvian Congress on welfare reform and the settlement of the Tacna - Arica - territorial dispute with Chile. The conflict culminated in a military coup led by Oscar R. Benavides, who took over power itself. Billinghurst died in the Chilean exile.

Political career

Billinghurst was a member of the Partido Civil. This party was considered the architect of an unprecedented period of political stability and economic growth, but also continued extensive social reforms in motion that would change the social system of Peru sustainable.

As vice president under the government of Nicolás de Piérola 1895-1899 Billinghurst was turned on in the mediation efforts by the border disputes with Chile. On April 9, 1898, signed Billingshurst and the Chilean Foreign Minister Silva Cruz a memorandum which provided for a plebiscite in both countries. As arbitrator in determining the conditions of the vote, the Spanish Queen María Cristina should serve.

The protocol has not been ratified by the Chilean parliament. As a result, in 1901, diplomatic relations between the two countries were canceled.

Presidential Election 1912

The elections of 1912 were the most violent out of the era of the " Aristocratic Republic " ( a term that referred to the primary recruitment of the political class from the social upper class ). The Partido Civil Ista nominated Antero Aspillaga as its official candidate, one of the most famous personalities of the conservative wing of the party. The political opponents held him in front of his Chilean birth, which makes him unfit for the presidency.

The "Civil Followings " were not in a position to control the new social forces that had set their own reforms. This became clear when Guillermo Billinghurst, the reformist former mayor of Lima, a general strike organized that prevented the election of the party's official candidate for president and his own election forced by Congress.

Term as president

One of the major achievements of the government Billinghurst was the establishment of an 8 -hour workday. Congress in 1914 put an investigation procedure the dismissal Billing Hurst. This responded by threatening to arm the workers and to enforce the resolution of the Congress.

Billinghurst was replaced on February 4, 1914 by a military coup led by Colonel Oscar R. Benavides, and Javier and Manuel Prado Ugarteche brothers and conservative partisans of the Partido Civil.

In exile Billinghurst said: " In a detailed and pathetic speech, I told the young Prado the details and motives of the coup: They saw all my patriotism, my integrity and my ability to lead the government. But the single most serious mistake I committed was the direction that was my internal politics of the country. and ultimately I think that the sons of former President Mariano Ignacio Prado clean the memory of her father, ' need. "

Mayor (Peru )
President ( Peru)
Peruvian
Born in 1851
Died in 1915
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