Eduardo López de Romaña: Difference between revisions

López de Romaña was born in [[Arequipa]] but left to study in at the Jesuit [[Stonyhurst College]] in [[Lancashire]], England and worked as an engineer. Upon his return to Peru in 1874, he worked in the fledgling agricultural development and engineering circles of the country. He later came into contact with members of the [[Civilista Party]], which he eventually joined. When he took power in 1899, it was with the support of the [[Civilista Party|National Coalition Party]], an alliance between the civilist and democratic parties that took place on November 24, 1898. Surprisingly, the support of both parties was initially offered to his brother, Alejandro López de Romaña, but he declined it in favor of Eduardo. {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}

 

During these years, Carlos de Piérola, brother of former president [[Nicolás de Piérola]], was the majority leader of the [[Chamber of Deputies]], while [[Manuel Candamo]], a civilista party leader, presided over the [[Upper house|Senate]]. This division allowed for the prevalence of the democrats in the Chamber of Deputies, and for the ''civilistas'' in the Senate. These differences, however, rapidly led to the democrats leading the opposition. López de Romaña reshuffled his cabinet almost exclusively with ''civilistas'', a move which resulted in the majority democrats of the chamber of deputies to continuously censure. {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}