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Rufino Torrico

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José Rufino Torrico de Mendiburu
Personal details
Born1833
Lima, Peru
DiedOctober 14, 1920
Lima, Peru
Resting placePresbítero Maestro
Political partyConstitutional Party
Parent(s)Juan Crisóstomo Torrico
María Manuela de Mendiburu
Alma materGuadalupe College
ProfessionLawyer
AffiliationsNational Club
Military service
Branch/servicePeruvian Army
Years of service1851–1872
RankColonel
Battles/warsLiberal Revolution of 1854

José Rufino Torrico de Mendiburu (Lima; 1833October 14, 1920) was a Peruvian soldier and politician who served as Mayor of Lima three times: in 1880–1881, 1883–1884 and 1895. He also served in the Peruvian Army, fighting in the Battle of La Palma that ended the Liberal Revolution of 1854 and reaching the rank of colonel before his retirement in 1872.

In January 1881, his management helped to partially stop the violence and looting of Lima by soldiers retreating from the Battle of Miraflores[1][2][3][4] and he was the highest Peruvian authority at the time of the entry of Chilean troops into the Peruvian capital.[5] After the War of the Pacific, he joined the Constitutional Party of Andrés Avelino Cáceres, whom he served as Minister of War and Navy (1886–87), and of Government and Police (1894–95). He was also a senator in the Congress of the Republic. In 1895, immediately after the civil war between Caceristas and Pierolistas, he again took charge of the government of Lima. In his memory, an important strip or artery of the historic centre of Lima bears his name.

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  1. ^ Torrico de Mendiburu, José Rufino (1881-01-17). Carta de Rufino Torrico al general en jefe del Ejército chileno  – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ Holguín, Vicente (1881). Relato del ciudadano colombiano Vicente Holguín  – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Mellafe Maturana, Rafael; Pelayo, Mauricio (2004). La Guerra del Pacífico en imágenes, relatos, testimonios (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios Bicentenario.
  4. ^ Ramsay Sturrock, Robert (1881-01-18). Carta de Robert Ramsay Sturrock  – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Basadre, Jorge (1983). "VIII: La expedición a Lima y la defensa de la capital por el ejército improvisado y por las improvisadas milicias capitalinas". Historia de la República del Perú (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)