César Canevaro Valega (January 19, 1846 – October 31, 1922) was a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian General and politician. He fought in the war against

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, using his own finances and personal relationships to fund the endeavor. At the end of the war, he became a supporter of General Andrés Avelino Cáceres, whom he supported in his two governments. César Valega was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1881,

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from 1894 to 1895, and from 1921 to 1922,

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1894-1895 and 1919-1922, mayor of Lima (1881, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1894, 1895) and minister to United States.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Canevaro Valega, Cesar 1846 births 1922 deaths 19th-century mayors of places in Peru Mayors of Lima Vice presidents of Peru Presidents of the Senate of Peru Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru Place of birth missing Peruvian people of Italian descent Peruvian generals