Francisco García Calderón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francisco García Calderón

President of Peru

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1834

Place of Birth: Arequipa, Peru

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1905

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, diplomat, banker, university teacher

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Francisco García Calderón Landa (April 2, 1834 – September 21, 1905) was a lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru for a short seven-month period in 1881, during the War of the Pacific.
García Calderón was a key figure in the final peace accords between Peru and Chile.
Later in post-presidential career, in 1892, he was commissioned to arbitrate land disputes between Peru and Ecuador, which centered on the contested provinces of Mainas, Jaén and Tumbes.
He was an academic as well, having authored a comprehensive history of the previously-mentioned contested provinces, as well as a monograph on Peruvian legislation titled, Diccionario de la Legislación Peruana.