José Gálvez Barrenechea
José Gálvez Barrenechea (7 August 1885 – 8 February 1957) was a Peruvian poet, writer, journalist, university professor, and politician. He was Minister of Justice, Worship and Instruction (1931); Minister of Foreign Relations (1931); First Vice President of the Republic (1945–1948); President of the Senate (1956–1957), and also Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Peru (1955–1956), among other academic and political positions, which he carried out with notable success.
José Gálvez Barrenechea | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 28 July 1956 – 8 February 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Héctor Boza |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Porras Barrenechea |
| In office 28 July 1945 – 29 October 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Diez-Canseco Masías |
| Succeeded by | Congress dissolved by coup d'état |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 28 July 1956 – 8 February 1957 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| In office 28 July 1945 – 29 October 1948 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| First Vice President of Peru | |
| In office 28 July 1945 – 29 October 1948 | |
| President | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Preceded by | Rafael Larco Herrera |
| Succeeded by | Vacant by coup d'état (Héctor Boza elected in 1950) |
| Minister of Foreign Relations | |
| In office 25 July 1931 – 8 December 1931 | |
| President | David Samanez Ocampo |
| Preceded by | Rafael Larco Herrera |
| Succeeded by | Luis Miró Quesada |
| Minister of Justice, Worship and Instruction | |
| In office 11 March 1931 – 25 July 1931 | |
| President | David Samanez Ocampo |
| Preceded by | Elías Lozada Benavente |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Garrido Lecca |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1885 Tarma, Peru |
| Died | 8 February 1957 (aged 71) Lima, Peru |
| Alma mater | National University of San Marcos (BA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, journalist, politician |
As a writer, he achieved reputation for his entertaining and informed chronicles on landscapes and customs of the Peruvian capital, which earned him the name of "Chronicler of Lima"; and for his elegant, refined and harmonious poetry, circumscribed in modernism, which resulted in his being proclaimed as the "Poet of Youth" in 1908. For his literary work, he earned many awards.