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Francisco Garca Caldern Landa was a lawyer and president of Peru for a short sevenmonth period in 1881, during the War of the Pacific. Garca Caldern was a key figure in the final peace accords between Peru and Chile. Later in postpresidential career, in 1892, he was commissioned to arbitrate land disputes between Peru and Ecuador, which centered on the contested provinces of Mainas, Jan and Tumbes. He was an academic as well, having authored a comprehensive history of the previouslymentioned contested provinces, as well as a monograph on Peruvian legislation titled, Diccionario de la Legislacin Peruana.

Francisco Garca Caldern was born in Arequipa on April 2, 1834, as the son of Judge Doctor Eduardo Garca Caldern y Crespo and Ventura Landa y Guerola. He studied at the Colegio de la Independencia where he later worked as professor of Philosophy and Mathematics.

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