Background
BALLÓN LANDA, Alberto was born on January 23, 1885 in Arequipa. Son of Juan Guillermo Ballon and Maria Landa de Ballon.
BALLÓN LANDA, Alberto was born on January 23, 1885 in Arequipa. Son of Juan Guillermo Ballon and Maria Landa de Ballon.
Educated Colegio de Santo Tomás, Colegio SudAmericano, Colegio de San José, University de San Agustín (all of Arequipa). Doctor of Law, University de San Marcos, 1909, Ph.D., 1917.
Various legal posts in Arequipa, Madre de Dios, and Puno. Secretary of the Special Peruvian Commission to settle the Manuripe River problem with Bolivia, 1911. Assistant to the auditor eeneral of the Peruvian General Staff 7 Consejo de Oficiales Generales) of Lima, 1912.
Peruvian consul ad honorem in Cobija, Bolivia, 1914. Teacher in the primary and secondary schools, professor and secretary of the University of San Agustín, of Arequipa, 1916-1928. Substitute attorney general (fiscaj suplente) of the Superior Court of Lima, 1929.
Provisional judge of the same, 1930. Substitute judge, 1932-1933. Professor of the University of San Marcos, 1929.
Of the Catholic University, 1929. Professor of the National Pedagogical Institute, 1932. Also professor of other educational institutions of Lima.
Minister of Justice, Education, Religion, and Public Welfare, 1932 (September to January). President of the Melgar Commission which constructed the stadium of Arequipa. Officer of various organizations of Arequipa.
Member Club Arequipa, Asociación Universitaria. Member Society Geográfica, Lima. Member Institute Histórico e Geográfico, Rio de Janeiro.
Married Guillermina Arrisueño Guillén (deceased). Children: Olga, Alberto, Guillermo, Maria Teresa, Jorge (deceased), Guillermina, and Amparo (deceased).