José Carlos Gregorio Moreyra y Paz Soldán, (Lima, Peru, 17 November 1898 – Lima, 16 November 1981) was a Peruvian engineer and politician. He served as Minister of Public Works and Development (1939–1944),
Second Vice President of the Republic (1956–1962),
Minister of Agriculture and President of the Council of Ministers.
Early life
He was the son of Francisco de Paula Moreyra Riglos and Luisa Paz-Soldán Rouaud. His brother was historian Manuel Moreyra y Paz Soldán (1894–1986).
An agricultural engineer by profession, he was one of those who made the agricultural export sector of the Peruvian coast prosperity. He married Leonor García Sayán in 1933.
During
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (21 April 1889 – 15 August 1967) was a Peruvian politician and 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 ...
's first government, he was appointed Minister of Public Works and Development, and was a part of the long-standing cabinet headed by
Alfredo Solf y Muro (1939–1944).
Along with his brothers, he inherited the former estate of the Counts of San Isidro, which his great-grandfather, José Gregorio Paz Soldán, acquired in 1853. He was also the owner of the Hacienda Santa Luisa.
He enrolled in the
Peruvian Democratic Movement, the same one that launched
Manuel Prado's candidacy for the 1956 general elections, called by the Odría dictatorship. He ran as a candidate for the second vice presidency, while
Luis Gallo Porras
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was a candidate for the first vice presidency. In those elections in which the votes of the
APRA militants decided Prado's victory, as he had promised to legalize that party. Thus began the so-called "Coexistence" between Pradismo and Aprismo.
In Prado's second government (1956–1962), Moreyra served as an effective liaison agent between the president and
Pedro G. Beltrán, who criticized the government in the columns of the ''La Prensa'' newspaper. He had a decisive participation in the appointment of Beltrán as president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Finance. Beltrán carried out fiscal and financial policy, putting finances in order and stabilizing the currency.
When Beltrán resigned in late 1961, Moreyra replaced him as chief of staff, but in the Agriculture Office. His cabinet was the last of President Prado, before the coup of 18 July 1962.
References
* GeneaNet: ''Carlos Moreyra y Paz-Soldán - Árbol genealógico Francisco Javier Carbone Montes''.
* Chirinos Soto, Enrique: ''Historia de la República / 1930 -1985''. Tomo II, pp. 283–286. Desde Sánchez Cerro hasta Alan García. Lima, AFA Editores, 1985.
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1898 births
1981 deaths
Vice presidents of Peru
Prime ministers of Peru
Peruvian Democratic Movement politicians
Ministers of development and public works of Peru