Eduardo López de Romaña

President of Peru

José Gabriel Eduardo Octavio López de Romaña y Alvizuri 19 March 1847 Arequipa, Peru

26 May 1912 (age 65) Yuraes , Peru

September 8, 1899 – September 8, 1903

Eduardo López de Romaña y Alvizuri (19 March 1847 – 26 May 1912) served as the 40th President of Peru from September 1899 to September 1903. A member of the landowning elite, he was the first engineer to become President of the Republic, and one of several Presidents from the era of the so-called Aristocratic Republic.