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José Salvador Cavero Ovalle
Peruvian lawyer, judge, university lecturer, soldier and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
José Salvador Cavero Ovalle (Huanta, 19 February 1850 - Lima, 19 February 1940) was a Peruvian lawyer, judge, university lecturer, soldier and politician.
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cavero and the second or maternal family name is Ovalle.
Under the orders of Andrés A. Cáceres, Cavero fought in the defense of Lima and in the resistance campaign in Sierra, during the War of the Pacific. He was Minister of Finance (1893),[1] Minister of Justice (1894 and 1910), Minister of Government (1894-1895), Vice President of Peru (1904-1908)[2] and President of the Council of Ministers (1910). He was also Senator for Ayacucho on multiple occasions and Deputy for Huanta. As a magistrate, he reached the position of Prosecutor of the Supreme Court.
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