Andres avelino caceres biografia

27th and 30th President of Peru

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cáceres and the second or maternal family name is Dorregaray.

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (10 November – 10 October ) served as the President of Peru two times during the 19th century, from to as the 27th president, and again from to as the 30th. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (–), in which he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army.

Early years

Andrés Avelino Cáceres was born on 10 November , in the city of Ayacucho.^[1] His father, Don Domingo Cáceres y Ore, was a landowner and his mother, Justa Dorregaray Cueva, daughter of the Spanish colonel Demetrio Dorregaray. He was mestizo; one of his maternal ancestors was Catalina Huanca, an Inka-Wanka princess. He studied at the Colegio San Ramón (Spanish: San Ramón School) in his hometown.