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1956 Peruvian General Election
General elections were held in Peru on 17 June 1956 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p454 Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Pradist Democratic Movement won the presidential election with 45.5% of the vote. They were the first elections in Peru in which women could vote, and nine women were elected to Congress; Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Irene Silva de Santolalla became the first woman elected to the Senate. Congress of Peru ...
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Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967) was a banker who served twice as President of Peru. Son of former president Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939 - 1945) and 46th (1956 - 1962) President. His brother, Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez, was a military hero who died in 1883, six years before Manuel Prado was born. Prado was born in April 1889 as the son of Mariano Ignacio Prado. He went to college and became a banker. In 1915, Prado, along with General Benavides, overthrew Guillermo Billinghurst and his government during the First World War, in which Peru remained neutral. Benavides became the president of the Junta. Later imprisoned, he was deported to Chile and went into exile in France. He returned in 1932, and upon his return he was chairman of the board of the Peruvian Vapores Company and general manager and president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, which he served from 1934 to 1939. He ran and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilde Pérez Palacio
Matilde Pérez Palacio Carranza (8 September 1913 – 16 August 1992) was a Peruvian educator, journalist and politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress, serving until 1962, and again between 1963 and 1968. Biography Pérez was born in Lima in 1913, the daughter of Matilde Carranza Valdez and Enrique Pérez Palacio and a granddaughter of , a Congressman from the 1860s to 1890s. She attended the Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Belén and earned a commercial accountancy diploma. She later attended the Catholic University, graduating in 1934 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, history and letters. She subsequently studied for a doctorate in history and geography, graduating in 1936, after which she worked as a professor of History and Geography at the Colegio de Belén. In 1939 she earned a Bachelor of Laws and qualified as a lawyer in 1941. The following year she became a doctor of pedagogy. From 1941 until 1970 she served as director of the Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Elections In South America
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Peru
In Peru, the people directly elect a head of state (the president) as well as a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five-year term. The unicameral Congress (''Congreso'') has 130 members, also elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. Peru has a multi-party system, which effectively bars one party from becoming the sole influence in a decision-making process. As such, parties must work with one another to form coalition governments. The whole election process is held by the National Jury of Elections and the National Office of Electoral Processes. Peru has compulsory voting. Schedule Election Inauguration Latest elections Presidential election Parliamentary election Laws * Sale of alcohol and carrying firearms (except for Members of the Armed Forces and the National Police) are forbidden during an election. * Political gatherings are forbidden, while public gatherings of any sort are prohibited during voting hours, including rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Peru
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Civic Union
Independent Civic Union (in Spanish: ''Unión Cívica Independiente''), was a political party in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ... founded in 1988 by Francisco Diez Canseco Távara and César Larrabure. UCI contested the parliamentary elections of 1990. Later it dissolved itself. Defunct political parties in Peru Political parties established in 1988 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing {{Peru-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democrat Party (Peru)
The Christian Democratic Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata Cristiano'') is a political party in Peru. Founded in 1956 by Ernesto Alayza Grundy, Luis Bedoya Reyes, Mario Polar Ugarteche, Héctor Cornejo Chávez, Roberto Ramírez del Villar and others. Not having participated in national politics since 1990, the party is currently not registered at the National Jury of Elections to formally participate in future election cycles. Development The PDC had its roots in the government of José Bustamante y Rivero who was overthrown in 1948 by Manuel A. Odría although it did not emerge as an organised political party until 1956 when it was one of a number of populist parties formed following Odria's announcement of a new democracy (the other major ones being Popular Action and the Progressive Social Movement).Neira, p. 440 The new party gained seats in both houses in the 1956 elections and initially they only concentrated their efforts on the Congress rather than running for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Democratic Movement
Peruvian Democratic Movement ( es, Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP), originally named Pradist Democratic Movement ( es, Movimiento Democrático Pradista, MDP), was a political party in Peru in 1956. The initiator of the party was Manuel Cisneros Sánchez. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was the leader of the party. Later MDP took the name Movimiento Democrático Peruano. It governed Peru between 1956 and 1962. Political parties established in 1956 Defunct political parties in Peru Conservative parties in Peru {{Peru-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Silva De Santolalla
Irene Silva de Santolalla (May 10, 1902 – July 30, 1992) was a Peruvian writer, educator and politician. She was the first woman to be elected to the Senate of Peru. The daughter of Oscar Silva Burga and Susana Linares de Silva, she was born Irene Silva Linares in Cajamarca. She was educated at Liceo del Carmen there and at the Colegio Sagrados Corazones in Lima. She contributed an article to the Argentinian child psychology magazine ''Hijo mío…!'' in 1938. This led to further contributions to that magazine, as well as other similar publications such as ''Margarita'' in Chile and ''Personalidad y cultura mental'' in Cuba. In 1940, she published a collection of these articles ''Por la felicidad de nuestros hijos'' ("For our children's happiness"). In 1943, she published ''Hacia un mundo mejor'' ("Towards a better world"), a book of advice for parents. De Santolalla attended conferences on issues related to women and children. In 1949, she taught family education at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Ubilluz De Palacios
Juana Magdalena Ubilluz de Palacios was a Peruvian educator and politician. In 1956 she was among the first group of women elected to Congress, serving until 1962. Biography Ubilluz worked as a kindergarten teacher in Iquitos. When women gained the right to vote and stand as candidates, she contested the 1956 Chamber of Deputies elections as candidate of the Pradist Democratic Movement Peruvian Democratic Movement ( es, Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP), originally named Pradist Democratic Movement ( es, Movimiento Democrático Pradista, MDP), was a political party in Peru in 1956. The initiator of the party was Manuel Cisn ... in Loreto, and was one of nine women elected to Congress.Primeras Mujeres Parlamentarias 1956-1962 Congress of Peru She sat on the Fine Art commission and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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