
Manuel Irigoyen Arias y Larrea (March 31, 1829 – June 5, 1912) was a
Peruvian
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lawyer, diplomat, historian, academic and politician. He graduated from the
National University of San Marcos
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and served on its faculty. He was a member of the
Chamber of Deputies of Peru
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and
Senate of Peru
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. He served as
minister of foreign affairs
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and
economy and finance (1886-1887) in the
Government of Peru
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, also serving as
Ambassador to Belgium from 1861 to 1865, to
Ambassador to Brazil from 1874 to 1877 and to
Uruguay
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on two occasions. He was three times
Prime Minister of Peru
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(December 1878 – May 1879, February–August 1890, November 1894 – March 20, 1895). He served as the
President of the Senate
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The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's Order of succession, succes ...
from 1905 to 1906 and of the
National Club
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(1901-1902).
References
Bibliography
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Basadre Grohmann, Jorge: ''Historia de la República del Perú. 1822 - 1933'', Octava Edición, corregida y aumentada. Tomos 7, 8 y 9. Editada por el Diario "La República" de Lima y la Universidad "Ricardo Palma". Impreso en Santiago de Chile, 1998.
*
Tauro del Pino, Alberto: ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú''. Tercera Edición. Tomo 8. HAB/IZQ. Lima, PEISA, 2001.
* Publicación del diario ''
El Comercio'' de Lima, de fecha Jueves 6 de junio de 1912.
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1829 births
1912 deaths
19th-century Peruvian lawyers
Presidents of the Senate of Peru
Foreign ministers of Peru
Ministers of economy and finance of Peru
20th-century Peruvian historians
Members of the Senate of Peru
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru
National University of San Marcos alumni
Academic staff of the National University of San Marcos
19th-century Peruvian historians
Diez Canseco family
Ambassadors of Peru to Belgium
Ambassadors of Peru to Brazil