Elías Lozada Benavente | |
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Minister of Development and Public Works of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 29 January 1932 - 19 May 1932 | |
President | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
Preceded by | Germán Arenas y Loayza |
Succeeded by | Ricardo Caso |
Minister of Justice, Religon and Education of Peru | |
In office 20 February 1931 - 11 March 1931 | |
President | Luis Sánchez Cerro (Military Junta) |
Preceded by | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
Succeeded by | José Gálvez Barrenechea |
Senator of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 8 December 1939 – 27 July 1945 | |
Constituent Deputy of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 8 December 1931 – 8 December 1936 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Arequipa, Peru | July 18, 1897
Died | August 30, 1987 Lima, Peru | (aged 90)
Political party | Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista) |
Parent(s) | Hermógenes Lozada and Aurora Benavente |
Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
Profession | Lawyer, Politican |
Elías Lozada Benavente, ( Arequipa, 18 July 1897- Lima, 30 August 1987) was a , Peruvian lawyer, politican, writer, and the founder of the Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista). He served as the Minister of Justice (1931), the Constituent Deputy for Arequipa (1931-1936), the Minister of Development and Public Works (1932), and as Senator for Arequipa (1939-1945).
The son of Hermógenes Lozada, from the Cayman Islands, and Aurora Benavente, Benavente was born in the Arequipa District of Peru. He started his studies in his city of birth and ended them in Lima, where he graduated with a Bachelors and Doctorate in Law at the National University of San Marcos (1920). [1]
On the first of September 1930, he founded the moderate Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista).
He was asked to join the Governing Board headed by Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, as the Minister of Justice and Instruction, [2] a position he held from February to March of 1931, until the board was dissolved.
He was elected Deputy of Arequipa in the Constituent Congress (1931-1936). [3] As the leader of a minority party, the Social Nationalist Party, he supported the Congress under the constitutional government of Sánchez Cerro. [4] [5]
On January 29th 1932, he became a member of the second ministerial cabinet of the Sánchez Cerro government as the Minister of Development and Public Works. Along with his colleagues Carlos Sayán Álvarez (Minister of Justice and Instruction) and Luis A. Flores (Minister of Government), he was among the youngest ministers within Peruvian government to that date . [6] He remained in this role until the 19th of May that year. [7]
In 1939 he was elected senator of Arequipa (1939-1945). [8] He presented the bill which established national awards for the promotion of culture (Law 9614).
Elías Lozada Benavente | |
---|---|
Minister of Development and Public Works of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 29 January 1932 - 19 May 1932 | |
President | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
Preceded by | Germán Arenas y Loayza |
Succeeded by | Ricardo Caso |
Minister of Justice, Religon and Education of Peru | |
In office 20 February 1931 - 11 March 1931 | |
President | Luis Sánchez Cerro (Military Junta) |
Preceded by | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
Succeeded by | José Gálvez Barrenechea |
Senator of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 8 December 1939 – 27 July 1945 | |
Constituent Deputy of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa | |
In office 8 December 1931 – 8 December 1936 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Arequipa, Peru | July 18, 1897
Died | August 30, 1987 Lima, Peru | (aged 90)
Political party | Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista) |
Parent(s) | Hermógenes Lozada and Aurora Benavente |
Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
Profession | Lawyer, Politican |
Elías Lozada Benavente, ( Arequipa, 18 July 1897- Lima, 30 August 1987) was a , Peruvian lawyer, politican, writer, and the founder of the Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista). He served as the Minister of Justice (1931), the Constituent Deputy for Arequipa (1931-1936), the Minister of Development and Public Works (1932), and as Senator for Arequipa (1939-1945).
The son of Hermógenes Lozada, from the Cayman Islands, and Aurora Benavente, Benavente was born in the Arequipa District of Peru. He started his studies in his city of birth and ended them in Lima, where he graduated with a Bachelors and Doctorate in Law at the National University of San Marcos (1920). [1]
On the first of September 1930, he founded the moderate Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista).
He was asked to join the Governing Board headed by Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, as the Minister of Justice and Instruction, [2] a position he held from February to March of 1931, until the board was dissolved.
He was elected Deputy of Arequipa in the Constituent Congress (1931-1936). [3] As the leader of a minority party, the Social Nationalist Party, he supported the Congress under the constitutional government of Sánchez Cerro. [4] [5]
On January 29th 1932, he became a member of the second ministerial cabinet of the Sánchez Cerro government as the Minister of Development and Public Works. Along with his colleagues Carlos Sayán Álvarez (Minister of Justice and Instruction) and Luis A. Flores (Minister of Government), he was among the youngest ministers within Peruvian government to that date . [6] He remained in this role until the 19th of May that year. [7]
In 1939 he was elected senator of Arequipa (1939-1945). [8] He presented the bill which established national awards for the promotion of culture (Law 9614).