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Pedro Pablo Martínez

Peruvian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ7159848 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pedro Pablo Martínez Ledesma was a Peruvian politician in the late 1940s. He was the mayor of Lima from 1949 to 1950.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Pedro Pablo Martínez” as peruvian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pedro, Pablo and Martínez.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 1950—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1875-06-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pedro, Pablo and Martínez providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Pedro Pablo Martínez”, the useful work is to connect “peruvian politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7159848. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949 and 1950.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Pedro Pablo Martínez” 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.