Francisco García Calderón

Provisional President of the Republic of Peru

April 2, 1834 Arequipa, Peru

September 21, 1905 (aged 71) Lima, Peru

March 12, 1881 – September 28, 1881

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Landa. Francisco García Calderón Landa (April 2, 1834 – September 21, 1905) was a lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru for a short seven-month period in 1881, during the War of the Pacific. García Calderón was a key figure in the final peace accords between Peru and Chile. Later in post-presidential career, in 1892, he was commissioned to arbitrate land disputes between Peru and Ecuador, which centered on the contested provinces of Mainas, Jaén and Tumbes. He was an academic as well, having authored a comprehensive history of the previously-mentioned contested provinces, as well as a monograph on Peruvian legislation titled, Diccionario de la Legislación Peruana.