Luis A. Eguiguren
Peruvian politician (1887-1967) · Peru · On the map · Politicians · Died at 80
Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero was a Peruvian educator, magistrate, historian and politician.
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He was the director of the General Archive (File) of the Nation (1914), Alderman of Lima (1914-1920), Mayor of Lima (1930), President of the Constituent Congress (1930-1932), founder and leader of the Peruvian Social Democratic Party. He won the Peruvian presidential election of 1936, but his victory was ignored by the Congress and the then-President Oscar R. Benavides, who claimed that he had won with votes of the APRA. He presided over the Supreme Court and the Judiciary in 1953 and 1954.
