Eduardo López de Romaña

Eduardo López de Romaña Alvizuri ( born March 19, 1847 in Arequipa, † May 26 1912 in Yura ) was a Peruvian politician and from 1899 to 1903 Peruvian President.

Life

López de Romaña was born in Arequipa, the son of a local aristocratic family. He studied in Europe, where he worked as an engineer. Upon his return to Peru in 1874, he worked in agriculture and engineering. He tried without success to planning a railway line through the Amazon jungle.

López de Romaña belonged to the Partido of Civil; he arrived at the top of an alliance of Partido Partido Civil and Demócrata to the presidency. Originally the candidacy had been plotted his brother Alejandro, who, however, renounced in favor of Eduardo. The elections of 1899, he won with 97 % of votes. His decapitated opposition candidates were Manuel Candamo and Guillermo Billinghurst.

At that time, Carlos de Piérola, the brother of the leader of the Democrats, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, during the Civil Ista leader Manuel Candamo presided over the Senate.

Presidency

However, the Democratic Party soon became the leading opposition force. López de Romaña formed his cabinet almost exclusively of Civil Ista members what the Democrats angry and led to continued dispute in parliament.

Under López de Romaña the development of Peruvian agriculture, mining and other industries has been driven. Laws on mining, trade, and the waters were adopted. The " Nueva Compañia " was founded, which was responsible for the collection of state taxes. 1901, the National Agricultural University of La Molina as a joint institute of government and a Belgian Missionary Society was created.

Supporters of Andrés Avelino Cáceres former president committed several coup attempts, but managed López de Romaña to stick to the end of the regular period in 1903 in the office.

The concept of " Aristocratic Republic " was coined during his term, referring to the period in which the Partido Civil dominated Peruvian politics; This era lasted until the end of the second term of Augusto B. Leguía.

López de Romaña died 1912 in Lima.