José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma | |
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84th Prime Minister of Peru | |
In office November 24, 1933 – May 18, 1934 |
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President | Oscar Benavides |
Preceded by | Jorge Prado y Ugarteche |
Succeeded by | Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña |
Personal details | |
Born | February 26, 1885 Lima, Peru |
Died | October 26, 1944 (aged 59) Lima, Peru |
Nationality | Peruvian |
Political party | Democratic National Party, Peruvian Fascist Brotherhood |
Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
Occupation | Writer, historian and politician |
José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma, 6th Marquess of Montealegre de Aulestia and 5th of Casa-Dávila (26 February 1885 – 26 October 1944) was a Peruvian historian, writer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru, Minister of Justice and Mayor of Lima.
Riva-Agüero was born in Lima, the only child of José Carlos de la Riva-Agüero y Riglos and María de los Dolores de Osma y Sancho-Dávila, 5th Marquise of Montealegre de Aulestia. He was a grandson of José de la Riva-Agüero y Looz and a patrilineal descendant of José de la Riva-Agüero y Sánchez-Boquete, first President of Peru, and the Princess Caroline-Arnoldine de Looz-Corswarem.
He was educated at Recoleta Sacred Heart School and University of San Marcos, where he read philosophy, human sciences and law. While at San Marcos, he gained a reputation for academic excellence and political activism, and was part of the so-called Generation of 900. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctorate degree in human sciences in 1905 and 1910, respectively, and a Bachelor of Arts in law in 1911. Riva-Agüero wrote his senior thesis on "History in Peru" (La Historia en el Perú), the earliest work of historiography to be written in Latin America. Eventually, he became a lecturer of history of Peru at San Marcos in 1910.