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Nicolas de Pierola
Don Jose Nicolas Baltasar Fernandez de Pierola y Villena (known as "El Califa" ("The Caliph"); January 5 1839 – June 23 1913) was a prominent Peruvian politician, the Finance Minister and twice President of the Republic of Peru (from 1879 to 1881 and 1895 to 1899).
Early years
Nicolas de Pierola was born and educated in the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa. He moved to Lima to study theology at the Seminario de Santo Toribio, and later obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Law. His parents died in 1857.
He married Dona Jesusa de Iturbide, falsely believed to ...
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