About Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray was a Peruvian politician and general who served as the President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th president, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th. He is considered a Peruvian national hero for leading the resistance against the Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), in which he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army. Running for the Constitutional Party, Cáceres won the elections as sole candidate and assumed as president on 3 June 1886. During this period, he became known for his outspoken opposition to President Juan Antonio Pezet, who had allowed the Spanish occupation of the Chincha Islands in the Vivanco-Pareja Treaty of 1865. For this action, he was awarded the rank of colonel and later named prefect of Cuzco.
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