Francisco García Calderón
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''.
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