Aniceto Arce
Bolivian politician (1824–1906)
Aniceto Arce Ruiz de Mendoza (15 April 1824 – 14 August 1906) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd president of Bolivia from 1888 to 1892. He also served as the fourth vice president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1881 under Narciso Campero. The Aniceto Arce Province is named after him.
Through his stakes in the silver-mining company Compañía Minera Huanchaca Arce was Bolivia's wealthiest man. In addition, he came to own a vast cattle ranch in the southeastern lowlands, an indigenous Ava Guaraní territory forcefully incorporated to Bolivia in the second half of the 19th century.
Early life
He was born to Diego Antonio Arce and Josefa Ruiz de Mendoza, both members of the colonial elite within the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Arce was a native of Tarija but was educated as a lawyer and resided most of his life in Sucre, where he became one of the country's foremost silver-mining tycoons. Much of his wealth stemmed from his 1850 investment in Mariano Ramírez's Compañía Minera Huanchaca.
Political life
Arce was a supporter of José María Linares and his Constitutionalist government, even backing the President when he proclaimed himself dictator. During the Linares regime Arce began his career in Congress during, a role which he would occupy until the 1870s, when Hilarión Daza seized power.
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