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Alejandro Deustua

Peruvian philosopher (1849-1945)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ4714520 ↗
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Alejandro Octavio Deustua Escarza (22 March 1849 – 6 August 1945) was a Peruvian philosopher, educator and statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Peru from 9 August 1902 until 4 November 1902.

Biography

Deustua was born in Huancayo, Peru. His parents were Remigio Deustua and Toribia Escarza. Deustua studied in Guadalupe National School and graduated from Universidad de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. He died on 6 August 1945 at the age of 96 in Lima, Peru.

Peruvian ministry in 1902

Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs: Señor Alejandro Deustua

Minister of War and Marine: Colonel Diez Canseco

Minister of Justice: Dr. Jose Arias

Minister of Finance: Señor Jose Reinoso

Minister of Public Works: Señor Teodoro Elmor

Works

Copias de historia del arte. -- [Lima : s.n., 1900]

Apuntes sobre enseñanza secundaria. -- Lima : Impr.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alejandro Deustua” as peruvian philosopher (1849-1945). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1849, 1945, 1902, 1900—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Alejandro, Deustua and Peruvian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as peruvian philosopher (1849-1945). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4714520. The first chronological checks are 1849, 1945, 1902 and 1900.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alejandro Deustua” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.