Justiniano Borgoño
Peruvian brigadier general and politician (1836–1921) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (September 5, 1836 – January 27, 1921) was a Peruvian brigadier general and politician who served as the 29th President of Peru, an office he held for four months. The son of a brigadier general in the Peruvian Army, Borgoño left behind agricultural administration to join the Army following the outbreak of the Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858. He returned to military service nearly twenty years later to serve in the War of the Pacific, during which he survived a leg wound and being taken as a prisoner of war for three months.
Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda | |
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29th President of Peru | |
In office 1 April 1894 – 10 August 1894 | |
Preceded by | Remigio Morales Bermúdez |
Succeeded by | Andrés Avelino Cáceres |
Personal details | |
Born | September 5, 1836 Trujillo, Peru |
Died | January 27, 1921(1921-01-27) (aged 84) Lima, Peru |
Political party | Constitutional Party |
Spouse | Jesús Salas de la Torre Urraca |
During the War of the Pacific, Borgoño declared loyalty to General Andrés Avelino Cáceres, who later appointed him as his Minister of War and Navy. He went on to become President Remigio Morales Bermúdez's Second Vice President. As a result of military intervention, as well as the influence of Cáceres, Borgoño supplanted the First Vice President, Pedro Alejandrino del Solar, and became the President of Peru in April 1894. Borgoño quickly called for general elections, leading to Cáceres' reelection in August of that year. After his presidency, Borgoño retired to Ancon, Lima, where he died in 1921.