David Samanez Ocampo (4 November 1865 – 13 July 1947)1
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José Samanez José Benigno Samanez y Ocampo (March 19, 1838 - November 14, 1887) navigated the rivers Apurimac, Ene, Tambo, Urubamba and Ucayali between 1883 and 1884, searching for the best way between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Born in Andahuaylas in ...

, served as Interim President of Peru, officially as the President of the Southern Junta, during the transitional period of March to December 1931. He oversaw changes to the electoral statutes that effectively brought the vote to the masses, leading to the critical – if highly controversial – presidential election of December 1931, when Sánchez Cerro defeated

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. Instrumental in his appointment was his reputation and high prestige among politicians of all factions. Sanchez Cerro y su Gabinete

Democratic Party

Ocampo entered politics at an early age, joining the

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Revival of Electoral Law

One of the widely appreciated achievement of Ocampo's eight-month presidency was the revival of the electoral laws. This he did by drafting a special committee composed of the likes of, among others, Luis E. Valcárcel, Jorge Basadre Grohmann and Luis Alberto Sanchez. The committee established the secret ballot system and introduced provisions for the representation of minorities in the electoral system. The committee also introduced technological innovations to the electoral system, ridding it of the many redundancies.

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David Samanez Ocampo
. geneanet.org. Retrieved 28 February 2017. 1866 births 1947 deaths Presidents of Peru {{Peru-politician-stub