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Eduardo Lpez de Romaa y Alvizuri was President of Peru from 1899 to 1903. A respected member of the Peruvian elite, and the Lpez de Romaa family, he was the first engineer to become President of the Republic, and one of several Presidents from the Civilista Party during the era of the Aristocratic Republic.

Lpez de Romaa 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 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 Lpez de Romaa, but he declined it in favor of Eduardo.

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