Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco

Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco
Minister of Navy and Aviation
In office
December 8, 1931 – May 2, 1933
PresidentLuis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Preceded byFederico Díaz Dulanto [es]
Succeeded byLuis A. Flores
Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the United Kingdom
In office
1933–1942
PresidentÓscar R. Benavides
Preceded byÓscar R. Benavides
Ambassador of Peru to Canada
In office
1944–1949
PresidentPosition established
Personal details
Born(1881-03-30)March 30, 1881
Lima, Peru
Died1967
Lima, Peru
Alma materColegio de la Inmaculada
Guadalupe College
OccupationAthlete, diplomat

Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco (Lima; March 30, 1881 — 1967) was a Peruvian diplomat and sportsman. He was the president of the first sports institution in Peru,[1] and of the Lima Jockey Club (inaugurating the Santa Beatriz Hippodrome under his tenure),[2] and one of the founders of the Club Terrazas in Miraflores.[3]

Biography

He was born in 1881 to parents Alfredo Benavides and María Diez Canseco. He studied at the Jesuit School and the College of Our Lady of Guadalupe, beginning his diplomatic career in 1905 as part of the Legation in the United States. In 1907, he was transferred to the Consulate in Antwerp where he served as Chancellor, and later to the Consulate in Le Havre, being promoted to Consul in 1909. He was moved to Bourdeaux the same year and to Bremen in 1911. In 1913 he was appointed provisional Chief of the Consular Division of the Foreign Ministry.[4] He also served as representative of Peru to the United Kingdom and the first ambassador of Peru to Canada.[5] He was a brother-in-law of his distant cousin, Óscar R. Benavides.[6]

He later served as head of various sports institutions, such as the Lima Jockey Club,[2] and the Club Terrazas in Miraflores.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rigel Gómez Lavi, Carlos Arnulfo. CENTRO ADMINISTRATIVO DEL DEPORTE OLÍMPICO DEL PERÚ (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Ricardo Palma. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b Young Bazo, Jorge L. "La Hípica en Lima". Hipódromo de Monterrico.
  3. ^ a b "Conoce nuestra historia". Club Terrazas.
  4. ^ Belmont Parker, William (1919). Peruvians of To-day. New York: The Hispanic Society of America. pp. 489–490.
  5. ^ The Annual Register (PDF). 1945. p. 1150.
  6. ^ Quiroz, Alfonso (2019). Historia de la corrupción en el Perú: Tercera edición con entrevista a Gustavo Gorriti (in Spanish). Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. p. 258. ISBN 9789972517624.