14 Notable alumni of
National University of San Agustin de Arequipa
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The National University of San Agustin de Arequipa is 2026th in the world, 89th in Latin America, and 9th in Peru by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the National University of San Agustin de Arequipa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Pedro Paulet
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- diplomatphysicistengineer
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Pedro Eleodoro Paulet Mostajo was a Peruvian diplomat and engineer. Some early rocket experts described him as a pioneer in aeronautics, saying that he was the first person to build a liquid-propellant rocket engine and modern rocket propulsion system, but his experiments were never independently verified.
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José Bustamante y Rivero
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- diplomatlawyeruniversity teacherjudgepolitician
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José Luis Bustamante y Rivero was a lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat who served as the 44th President of Peru from 1945 to 1948 and President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1967 to 1970.
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Víctor Andrés Belaúnde
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- diplomathistorianwriterpoliticianjurist
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Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Diez Canseco was a Peruvian diplomat, politician, philosopher and scholar. He chaired the 14th Session and the 4th Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly between 1959 and 1960 and was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru in 1958. A distinguished scholar, Belaúnde was an important catholic thinker and a professor at the San Marcos University and then at the Pontifical Catholic University, where he was Emeritus Rector.
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Francisco García Calderón
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- university teacherlawyerjuristdiplomatpolitician
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Francisco García Calderón Landa 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.
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Juan Landázuri Ricketts
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- Catholic priestarchbishopreligiousCatholic bishop
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Juan Landázuri Ricketts was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church took a strong stance against human rights abuses by numerous military juntas; it also expressed a preference for the poor and concerns about extreme poverty and wealth inequality. Before he turned 80 on December 19, 1993, Juan Landázuri Ricketts was the last Cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII to retain voting rights in a papal conclave.
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Honorio Delgado
- Enrolled in the National University of San Agustin de Arequipa
- Studied in 1918
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- philosopherpsychiatrist
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Honorio Delgado Espinosa was a gifted teacher, a creative researcher, a humanist, a philosopher, a linguist, and scholar whose work covered almost 50 years of the 20th-century history of Latin American psychiatry. Born in Arequipa, Peru, Delgado graduated from Lima's School of Psychology at the National University of San Marcos.
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Patricia Salas
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- sociologist
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Patricia Salas O'Brien is a Peruvian sociologist with expertise in education and social development. She served as Minister of Education of Peru from July 28, 2011, to October 31, 2013.
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Pedro José Rada y Gamio
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- politiciandiplomat
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Pedro José Rada y Gamio was a Peruvian politician in the early 20th century. He served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1921 to 1922. He was the mayor of Lima from 1922 to 1925 and the prime minister of Peru from 7 December 1926 to 12 October 1929.
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Juan Manuel Guillén
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- philosopherpolitician
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Juan Manuel Guillén Benavides is a Peruvian philosopher and politician. In 2007, he became President of the Arequipa Region.
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Edgar Alarcón
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- accountant
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Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada is a Peruvian accountant who served as Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru from June 9, 2016 to July 4, 2017. He was a Congressman representing Arequipa from 16 March 2020 until he was removed from office in April 2021. Alarcón belongs to the Union for Peru.
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Luis Wilson
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- physicianpolitician
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Luis Daniel Wilson Ugarte is a Peruvian politician. He is a former Congressman, elected in the 2006 elections, representing the Cusco region for the 2006–2011 period. Wilson belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party.
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Alfredo Zegarra
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- physician
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Alfredo Zegarra Tejada Florentino is a Peruvian politician and the current mayor of Arequipa. He has held the post since 2011. From 2003 to 2010, he was mayor of José Luis Bustamante District. He studied at the National University of Saint Augustine, and is married to Nelly Molina. Before entering politics, he was a physician.
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Carlos Gibson
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Carlos Diego Gibson Möller was a Peruvian lawyer, professor and politician. He was Second Vice President of the Republic (1939-1945) and Rector of the National University of San Agustín (1939-1944).
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José Manuel García Bedoya
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- politicianlawyer
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José Manuel García Bedoya was a Peruvian politician in the early 1930s. He was the mayor of Lima from 1932 to 1933.
