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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

1895 - 1979

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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (February 22, 1895 – August 2, 1979) was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political party in Peru by the name of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). Born to an aristocratic family in Trujillo, a city on the north Peruvian coast, he enrolled in the National University of Trujillo and then the School of Law of the National University of San Marcos. He soon stood out as a student leader supporting the working class. He participated in protests against the regime of Augusto B. Leguía, standing out as a vigorous and eloquent speaker, with great power of persuasion due to the depth of his ideas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre is the 13,454th most popular politician (down from 12,893rd in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Peru (down from 71st in 2019) and the 38th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 13,454 out of 19,576. Before him are Heinrich von Stephan, Bogoljub Jevtić, Mleh, Prince of Armenia, Richard Cobden, Rafael Núñez, and Guaimar IV of Salerno. After him are Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Stephen A. Douglas, Dean Phillips, Dimitar Iliev Popov, Ida of Bernicia, and Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 192. Before him are Conchita Supervía, Max Valier, Harold Hotelling, Valentin Loos, Erich Buschenhagen, and Josef Uridil. After him are José Díaz, William Gilmore, Titsian Tabidze, Egon Pearson, Giuseppe Bottai, and Ruth Fischer. Among people deceased in 1979, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 165. Before him are István Örkény, Hans von Funck, Mahmoud Taleghani, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Marcel Jouhandeau, and Donny Hathaway. After him are Antonio María Barbieri, Igor Bondarevsky, Carlyle S. Beals, František Kriegel, Waloddi Weibull, and Dany Dauberson.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 72 out of 287. Before him are Teodoro Fernández (1913), Pedro Castillo (1969), Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), Henry Ian Cusick (1967), Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), and Héctor Chumpitaz (1943). After him are José Pardo y Barreda (1864), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), José de la Riva Agüero (1783), Miguel Grau Seminario (1834), and Susana Baca (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 38. Before him are Ramón Castilla (1797), Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), Martín Vizcarra (1963), Pedro Castillo (1969), Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), and Vladimiro Montesinos (1945). After him are José Pardo y Barreda (1864), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), José de la Riva Agüero (1783), Susana Higuchi (1950), and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias (1874).

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