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Elías Lozada Benavente
Minister of Development and Public Works of Peru for Arequipa
In office
29 January 1932 - 19 May 1932
PresidentLuis Sánchez Cerro
Preceded byGermán Arenas y Loayza
Succeeded byRicardo Caso
Minister of Justice, Religon and Education of Peru
In office
20 February 1931 - 11 March 1931
PresidentLuis Sánchez Cerro (Military Junta)
Preceded byJosé Luis Bustamante y Rivero
Succeeded byJosé Gálvez Barrenechea
Senator of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa
In office
8 December 1939 – 27 July 1945
Constituent Deputy of the Republic of Peru for Arequipa
In office
8 December 1931 – 8 December 1936
Personal details
Born(1897-07-18)July 18, 1897
Arequipa,  Peru
DiedAugust 30, 1987(1987-08-30) (aged 90)
Lima,  Peru
Political partySocial Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista)
Parent(s)Hermógenes Lozada and Aurora Benavente
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
ProfessionLawyer, Politican

Elías Lozada Benavente, (Arequipa, 18 July 1897- Lima, 30 August 1987) was a , Peruvian lawyer, politican, writer, and the founder of the Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista). He served as the Minister of Justice (1931), the Constituent Deputy for Arequipa (1931-1936), the Minister of Development and Public Works (1932), and as Senator for Arequipa (1939-1945).[1]

Life

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The son of Hermógenes Lozada, from the Cayman Islands, and Aurora Benavente, Benavente was born in the Arequipa District of Peru. He started his studies in his city of birth and ended them in Lima, where he graduated with a Bachelors and Doctorate in Law at the National University of San Marcos (1920).[2]

Political career

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On the first of September 1930, he founded the moderate Social Nationalist Party (Partido Social Nacionalista).[3]

He was asked to join the Governing Board headed by Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, as the Minister of Justice and Instruction,[4] a position he held from February to March of 1931, until the board was dissolved.

He was elected Deputy of Arequipa in the Constituent Congress (1931-1936).[5] As the leader of a minority party, the Social Nationalist Party,[1] he supported the Congress under the constitutional government of Sánchez Cerro.[6][7]

In a 1931-1932 Constituent's Congress debate on women's suffrage, Lozada Benavente expressed support for granting women the right to vote, regardless of religion and religiosity. He instead argued that the reasoning should be that women are to be treated as partners, equals in governance [8]

On January 29th 1932, he became a member of the second ministerial cabinet of the Sánchez Cerro government as the Minister of Development and Public Works. Along with his colleagues Carlos Sayán Álvarez (Minister of Justice and Instruction) and Luis A. Flores (Minister of Government), he was among the youngest ministers within Peruvian government to that date .[9] He remained in this role until the 19th of May that year.[10]

In 1939 he was elected senator of Arequipa (1939-1945).[11] He presented the bill which established national awards for the promotion of culture (Law 9614).[citation needed] He also authored the original 1920 Code of Minors (Spanish: Código de Menores), the law that governed juvenile criminal law in Peru until its re-writing in 1962,[12] and the 1932 Law 7505, pertaining to workers rights and protections.[1][13]

Interest in the Amazon

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Lozada Benavente had a personal interest in the cultures and legends of the peoples native to the Amazon. He explored these topics in some of his works, the most well known being Leyendas amazónicas, where he detailed information he collected both directly from indigenous people and historical record.[14]

Published Works

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  • Simón Rodríguez, (1919), a historical essay.
  • Criminología, (1920).
  • Policía judicial científica, (1921).
  • Dos dictaduras, (1933).
  • Partido Social Nacionalista (1935).
  • Vaivenes de la política, (1938),[15] which contains descriptions of Luis Sánchez Cerro.
  • Mi homenaje a Arequipa, (1940), a historical essay.
  • Leyendas amazónicas, (1942).[14][16][17]
  • Nuestro Partido, (1944).
  • Discursos, (1945).
  • Código de menores, (1945).[12]
  • Tramontando. Ideario íntimo, (1965).[5][18]

2018 exhibit

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In 2018, one of Lozada Benavente's works, Leyendas amazónicas, was featured in a temporary exhibition at the House of Peruvian Literature in Lima, Peru. The exhibition, titled The House Without a Door: Amazonian Literature (1940-1980) (Spanish: La casa sin puerta. Literatura amazónica (1940-1980)), featured works of imense literary value and was open to the public without charge from July to December of 2018.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fomento, Peru Ministerio de (1935). Historia del Ministerio de fomento y obras públicas [History of the Ministry of Development and Public Works] (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Lima, Peru: Peruvian Government. pp. 21, 173–177, 185–186, 469–470.
  2. ^ Tauro, 2001, tomo 10, p.1523.
  3. ^ "Partidos Políticos". Pueblo Continente. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ Basadre, 2005, tomo 15, p.52.
  5. ^ a b Tauro, 2001, tomo 10, p.1524.
  6. ^ Basadre, 2005, tomo 15, p.144.
  7. ^ "Elecciones congresales de 1931". Infogob. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  8. ^ Aguilar Gil, Roisida (2002). "El sufragio de la mujer: debate en el Congreso Constituyente de 1931-1932" [Women's suffrage: debate in the Constituent Congress of 1931-1932] (PDF). Revista elecciones (in Spanish). 1 (1). doi:10.53557/Elecciones.2002.v1n1.05 – via Repositorio Institucional de la Officina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE).
  9. ^ Basadre, 2005, tomo 15, p.174.
  10. ^ Basadre, 2005, tomo 15, p.202.
  11. ^ "Elecciones generales 1939 - Senadores". Infogob. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  12. ^ a b Valderrama, David M. (1976) [1947]. "Criminal Procedure". Law & legal literature of Peru: a revised guide. Latin American serie. Washington, D.C.: The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate. p. 168. ISBN 0-8444-0203-6. ISSN 0093-3112. LCCN 2019668565. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via Library of Congress.
  13. ^ Lozada Benavente, Elias (8 April 1932), LEY No 7505 (PDF) – via Justia Perú
  14. ^ a b Herrera, Morgana (2018). "La construcción de la peruanidad de la Amazonía: el caso del IV Centenario del Descubrimiento del Río Amazonas de 1942" [The construction of Peruvian identity in the Amazon: the case of the IV Centenary of the Discovery of the Amazon River in 1942]. Revista del instituto Riva Agüero (in Spanish). 3 (2): 121–169. doi:10.18800/revistaira.201802.004. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via HAL open science.
  15. ^ Benavente, Elías Lozada (1938). Vaivenes de la política [Ups and downs of politics] (in Spanish). Minerva Publishing House. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ Benavente, Elías Lozada (1942). Leyendas amazónicas [Amazonian Legends] (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Minerva Publishing House. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  17. ^ "LEYENDAS AMAZÓNICAS". Livirame (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  18. ^ Benavente, Elías Lozada (1965). Tramontando: ideario íntimo [Tramontando: intimate ideology] (in Spanish). Dux. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Diez libros y documentos en la exposición sobre literatura amazónica" [Ten books and documents in the exhibition on Amazonian literature]. Casa de la Literatura Peruana (in European Spanish). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

Biographies

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  • Basadre Grohmann, Jorge: Historia de la República del Perú (1822 - 1933), Tomo 15. Editada por la Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A. Lima, 2005. ISBN 9972-205-77-0 (V.15)
  • Tauro del Pino, Alberto: Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú. Tercera Edición. Tomo 10. Lima, PEISA, 2001. ISBN 9972-40-159-6


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