POLITICIAN

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

1895 - 1979

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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (February 22, 1895 – August 2, 1979) was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political party in Peru by the name of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). Born to an aristocratic family in Trujillo, a city on the north Peruvian coast, he enrolled in the National University of Trujillo and then the School of Law of the National University of San Marcos. He soon stood out as a student leader supporting the working class. He participated in protests against the regime of Augusto B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre has received more than 144,026 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre is the 12,895th most popular politician (down from 11,996th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Peru (down from 67th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 12,895 out of 19,576Before him are Igor Rodionov, Ahmad Samani, Maria, wife of Constantine V, Edwin of Northumbria, Leonardo III Tocco, and Gaston Defferre. After him are Aurel Popovici, Tengiz Sigua, Jin Shuren, František Kriegel, Theodbert of Bavaria, and Elaine Chao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 181Before him are Alexander Mikulin, Erich Buschenhagen, Geo Milev, Nikifor, Plínio Salgado, and Frank Foss. After him are Ayna Sultanova, Louis Raymond, Giovanni Brunero, August Emil Fieldorf, Carl Westergren, and Ngaio Marsh. Among people deceased in 1979, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 160Before him are Jack Haley, Lothar Wolleh, Antonina Makarova, Alfred Deller, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Rebecca Clarke. After him are František Kriegel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Antonio María Barbieri, Marcel Jouhandeau, Grant Green, and Leandro Remondini.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 71 out of 287Before him are Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), Daniel Alomía Robles (1871), Micaela Bastidas (1744), Henry Ian Cusick (1967), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), and Héctor Chumpitaz (1943). After him are Ricardo Palma (1833), Martín Vizcarra (1963), Ciro Alegría (1909), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), Alberto Gallardo (1940), and Keiko Fujimori (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre ranks 36Before him are Pedro Castillo (1969), Augusto B. Leguía (1863), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), Manuel A. Odría (1896), Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), and José Bustamante y Rivero (1894). After him are Martín Vizcarra (1963), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), Keiko Fujimori (1975), Susana Higuchi (1950), Nicolás de Piérola (1839), and José de la Riva Agüero (1783).