Ramón A. Chaparro
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
December 5, 1895 – January 16, 1896
Preceded byAugusto Durand Maldonado
Succeeded byAugusto Durand Maldonado
Personal details
BornAugust 31, 1862
Huanoquite, Peru
DiedMarch 14, 1902
Cuzco, Peru
Parent(s)José Lucas Chaparro
Paula Echave
Military service
Battles/warsPeruvian Civil War (1894–5)

Ramón Arístides Chaparro Echave (Molle Molle; August 31, 1862 — Cuzco; March 14, 1902) was a Peruvian politician. He served as interim President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1895 to 1896,[1] and was the youngest deputy of the history of Cuzco at the time.[2]

Biography

He was born on the Molle Molle hacienda in Huanoquite District, Paruro Province, in the department of Cuzco. His parents were José Lucas Chaparro, who had been a constituent deputy in 1855 and 1867, and Paula Echave. He studied at the Colegio Peruano.[3] Like his father, he was an ardent Pierolist and participated in the capture of the city of Cuzco within the framework of the Peruvian Civil War of 1894–1895.[1] As a colonel, he also fought in the battle of Cabanillas.[2]

He was elected deputy for the province of Paruro in the congress held in Arequipa in 1883[4] by President Lizardo Montero after the Peruvian defeat in the war with Chile[5] and re-elected in 1886.[6] After the he was elected deputy for the province of Paruro in 1895. province of Cusco while his father went to the province of Paruro.[7]

After the Civil War of 1884–1885, he was elected deputy for the province of Cuzco in 1895, while his father was elected for the province of Paruro.

During his administration, Chaparro signed the Electoral Law enacted in 1896 as president of the Chamber of Deputies despite being only the second vice president because the regular members of the chamber did not want to sign said law whose debate had not yet concluded.[1]

He died of hepatitis in Cuzco in 1902 at the age of 39.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ramón Arístides Chaparro Echave" (PDF). Congreso del Perú.
  2. 1 2 Tamayo Herrera, José (1981). Historia social del Cuzco republicano (in Spanish). Editorial Universo. pp. 80, 82.
  3. ↑ Iberico, José Francisco (1926). En la capital de los incas; ó, Miscelánea cuzquense; editoriales, recortes, sueltos, discursos, poesías, instrucción, jurisprudencia, etc., etc (in Spanish). Editorial Rozas. p. 91.
  4. ↑ Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. "Diputados 1883" (PDF). Blog PUCP.
  5. ↑ Quispe Quispe, Cipriano Lucio; Nuñez Fernández-Baca, Mauricio Edilberto; Abanto Chani, Julio César (2016). Fragmentos para escribir la historia de la participación de Arequipa en la Guerra con Chile (1879-1883) (in Spanish). Arequipa: Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa. p. 141.
  6. ↑ Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. "Diputados 1886-1889" (PDF). Blog PUCP.
  7. ↑ Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. "Diputados 1895-1900" (PDF). Blog PUCP.
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