Manuel Candamo

Manuel Candamo Iriarte ( born December 14, 1841 in Lima, † May 7, 1904 in Arequipa ) was a Peruvian politician and was twice, in 1895 and 1903 to 1904, president of his country.

He studied at the Colegio Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe and was married to Teresa Alvarez- Calderón.

Candamo was mayor of Lima. Following the resignation of Andrés Avelino Cáceres he was on March 20, 1895 President of the provisional government, with the aim to organize new elections. These were won by Nicolas de Piérola.

In 1903 he was elected as a candidate of the Partido Civil with 99 % of the votes for president. During his short tenure, he opened the first electric railway in the country and founded the Military School of Chorrillos, from which emerged the highest Peruvian military and several presidents.

He fell ill and died after barely eight months in office on 7 May 1904.

Links in Spanish

  • Decree establishing the Military School of Chorrillos
  • Three Speeches in the Peruvian Congress and decree to hand over the presidency to Serapio Calderón from April 18, 1904

President before 1850 | Ramón Castilla | José Rufino Echenique | Miguel de San Román | Pedro Diez Canseco | Juan Antonio Pezet | Mariano Ignacio Prado | Luis La Puerta | José Balta | Tomás Gutiérrez | Francisco Diez Canseco | Mariano Herencia Zevallos | Manuel Pardo | Nicolás de Piérola | Francisco García Calderón | Lizardo Montero Flores | Andrés Avelino Cáceres | Miguel Iglesias | Antonio Arenas | Remigio Morales Bermúdez | Justiniano Borgoño | Manuel Candamo | Eduardo López de Romaña | Presidents 1900-1949

President 1850-1899 | Eduardo López de Romaña | Manuel Candamo | Serapio Calderón | José Pardo y Barreda | Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo | Guillermo E. Billinghurst | Oscar R. Benavides | Manuel María Ponce Brousset | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | Ricardo Leoncio Elías | Gustavo Jiménez | David Samanez Ocampo | Manuel Prado y Ugarteche | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti | President from 1950

  • President ( Peru)
  • Mayor (Peru )
  • Peruvian
  • Born in 1841
  • Died in 1904
  • Man
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