He supported his brother Miguel throughout his political career that began with the so-called Grito de Montán of August 31, 1882, in which he demanded that Peru sign peace with Chile, even with territorial transfers.
Miguel Iglesias surrounded himself with his immediate relatives to organize his government. Thus, his brothers Joaquín and Lorenzo Iglesias, his nephew-in-law Vidal García y García, and his brother-in-law Mariano Castro Zaldívar were at his side. The Iglesias government was first installed in Cajamarca, where he called a General Assembly, while the rest of the country demonstrated its rejection of him.
After the cabinets chaired by Manuel Antonio Barinaga and Mariano Castro Zaldívar, the one chaired by Joaquín Iglesias was installed, which was the last of the Miguel Iglesias government. Joaquín assumed the Government portfolio, the rest of the ministers being the following: Baltasar García Urrutia (Foreign Relations); Monsignor Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (Justice); Manuel Galup (Treasury); and Juan Martín Echenique (War and Navy).
After his brother's government ended, Joaquín retired to private life. He died in Chorrillos, Lima, in 1888.
References
Basadre, 2005a, p. 243.
Gálvez Montero y García Vega, 2016, p. 170.
Basadre, 2005a, p. 245.
Vargas Ugarte, 1984, pp. 285–292.
Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. «Constituyentes 1884». Polítika. Consultado el 12 de abril de 2020.
Basadre, 2005b, p. 17.
Vargas Ugarte, 1984, p. 295.
Basadre, 2005a, p. 243.
Gálvez Montero y García Vega, 2016, p. 170.
Basadre, 2005a, p. 245.
Vargas Ugarte, 1984, pp. 285–292.
Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. «Constituyentes 1884». Polítika. Consultado el 12 de abril de 2020.
Basadre, 2005b, p. 17.
Vargas Ugarte, 1984, p. 295.
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Basadre, Jorge (2005). Historia de la República del Perú. Vol. 10 (9 ed.). Lima: Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A. ISBN9972-205-72-X.