Gustavo Mohme Llona (1930–2000) 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 businessman, engineer, journalist and politician.

Early years

He was born on April 25, 1930, in the Morropón province, Chulucanas in the

Piura region Piura () is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It i ...

. His parents were Gustavo Mohme and Stella Llona. He was a descendant of the scientist Scipión Llona. After attending high school in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, at the

Colegio San Andrés Colegio San Andrés is a private school located in Lima, Peru. History Dr. Mackay was given permission to found the Anglo-Peruvian School on July 13, 1917. In 1919 the primary school expanded into secondary education as well, changing its name ...

, he studied at the

National University of Engineering The National University of Engineering (, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru. It's widely considered as one of Peru's most prestigious educational institutions. History The National ...

from which he graduated, in 1955, with the title of

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

Political life

Gustavo Mohme began his political life when he met Fernando Belaunde in the

, and next he joined in the ranks of Popular Action. In the general elections of 1980, Mohme ran for President of the Republic for Socialist Political Action, however he was not elected. In the general elections of 1985, he was elected Senator for the United Left, with 52,939 votes, for the 1985-1990 parliamentary term. In the general elections of 1990, he was a candidate for the second Vice Presidency of the Republic in the presidential roster of Henry Pease for United Left, however the candidacy was unsuccessful. In the same elections, he ran for the Senate and was re-elected Senator for the United Left, for the 1990-1995 parliamentary term. On April 2, 1992, his administration was interrupted after the

Fujimorazo The 1992 Peruvian self-coup, sometimes known as the ''Fujimorazo'', was performed in Peru in 1992 after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress as well as the judiciary and assumed full legislative and judicial powers. With the collabor ...

. Since then, Mohme became a strong opponent of the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. In the general elections of 1995, he was elected Congressman for the

Union for Peru Union for Peru () is a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, an ex-United Nations, UN Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the presidency of Peru in the 1995 Peruvian general election, 1995 general elections. Originally a ...

, a party whose candidate was

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra ( , ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime min ...

''La República''

In 1981, Gustavo Mohme founded the newspaper '' La Republica''. Now, it is one of the two main national daily newspapers sold all over the country.

Death

In 2000, while walking on a beach in the district of Asia in the south of

, he suffered a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

, after which he died on April 23. His remains rest in the Los Sauces sector of the Jardines de la Paz Cemetery. The Press Room of the Congress of Peru is named after him for having distinguished himself as a journalist.

Early years

Political life

''La República''

Death

See also