Hipólito Unanue, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hipólito Unanue

Peruvian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1755

Place of Birth: Arica Province, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1833

Profession: physician, politician, mathematician, botanist

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Leo

José Hipólito Unanue y Pavón (August 13, 1755–July 15, 1833) was a physician, naturalist, meteorologist, cosmographer, First Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Foreign affairs, Protomédico (equivalent to Minister of health combines with head of "Escuela de Medicina del Peru"), university professor, founder of the San Fernando Medical School (now the Medicine faculty of San Marcos University), representative of Arequipa in the Cádiz Cortes, President of the Junta de Gobierno (highest executive power in the Peruvian government at that time), Protector of the province of Arequipa (during the Spanish Empire), independence precursor and a Peruvian politician, active in politics in the early years after independence.
He served as the President of the Congress from 1822 to 1823.



Description	Peruvian portrait painter
Date of birth/death	6 September 1785	1841
Location of birth/death	Lima	Lima
Work location	Peru, Chile; Argentina
Authority control	: Q3848316 VIAF: 26330211 ISNI: 0000 0000 6705 0134 ULAN: 500128489 LCCN: n96072355 Open Library: OL341309A WorldCat