Mariano Ignacio Prado

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Mariano Ignacio Prado
Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
Succeeded byLuis La Puerta
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Army General

Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa (18 December 1825[2] – 5 May 1901) was a Peruvian army general who served as the 17th (1865 - 1868) and 21st (1876 - 1879) President of Peru.

Biography

Born in Huánuco on 18 December 1825, he studied in Huánuco and then in Lima. He entered the army at an early age and served in the provinces of Southern Peru.

In 1865, Prado

President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1874 to 1875.[3]

After Manuel Pardo's presidential term ended in 1876, Prado was elected president again on 2 August that year. His second term was marked by the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) which broke out with Chile. Prado took active command of the defenses of Tacna and Tarapacá (where he met Bolivian president Hilarión Daza), with the intention of taking command of the armies assembling there. Former President Pardo had downsized the army to 2,000 soldiers and had failed to modernize. President Prado returned to Lima to organize the defense of the country.

In 1879, the Congress of Peru authorized President Prado to leave the country in search of arms in New York and naval vessels in Brest, France. On 18 December he left for New York to meet with

William R. Grace
founder of W.R. Grace (founded in Lima in 1854) and friend of President Prado. Upon his arrival in New York, he was informed that Nicolas de Pierola had taken control of the capital Lima on 23 December. Nicolas de Pierola had been plotting to take over for many years and had returned to Lima from Santiago just before the war with Chile broke out. Pierola used Prado's trip to claim Prado had fled the country. These and subsequent accusations were proven false. Pierola mismanaged the war effort and deserted the capital when Chile troops landed in Barranco, south of Lima. Despite the occupation of Lima, the war with Chile continued led by General Cáceres. During this phase of the war General Prado's son Leoncio was captured and executed by Chile. General Prado lost three sons in the war with Chile. An armistice was signed on 20 October 1883, and a final peace treaty was signed in 1929 with the return of Tacna to Peru. Prado was exonerated by General Caceres and returned to Peru.

General Prado was also a successful businessman who accumulated his fortune prior to entering politics. His wife Magdalena Ugarteche came from a wealthy business family. He had holdings in various enterprises including mining in Peru and Chile. For health reasons he went to Paris in 1901 where he died. His son

Manuel Ignacio Prado Ugarteche
was two times President of Peru.

See also

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-612-45288-6-6
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  2. ISBN 978-612-45288-6-6
    . En esta santa iglesia parroquial de Huánuco el diez y nueve de diciembre de mil ochocientos veinte y cinco días: Yo el infrascripto cura vicario exorcicé, bauticé, puse óleo y crisma a Mariano Ygnacio, de edad de dos días, hijo lexítimo de Ygnacio Prado y doña Francisca Ochoa. Fue su madrina doña Josefa Talancha. Testigos: Gregorio Retes y Mariano Retes, lo que certifico. Manuel Herrera (Archivo de la Iglesia del Sagrario de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Huánuco: Libro Nº 34, año 1825, f. 145)
  3. ^ "Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa". www.congreso.gob.pe. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Interim President of Peru

April 1865 – June 1865 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Peru
9 November 1865 – June 1867 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
President of Peru

November 1865 – January 1868 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
President of Peru

August 1876 – December 1879 		Succeeded by
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