Background
Prado, Jorge was born on May 13, 1889 in Lima, Peru. Son of Mariano I. and Medeleine (Ugarteche) Prado.
Prado, Jorge was born on May 13, 1889 in Lima, Peru. Son of Mariano I. and Medeleine (Ugarteche) Prado.
Student Jesuit Colls. in Lima, Paris, London, 1896-1903. Student University of Lima, 1904-1908. Military School, Lima, 1908-1910.
Cavalry, 1910; editor El Diario, 1912-1915. Editor La Epoca of Lima, 1915-1917. Elected member Congress of Peru, 1917, 1919.
Leader of opposition, 1920. Minister of the Interior and prime minister, 1933-1934. Candidate for presidency of Republic, 1936.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1938-1944. To Great Britain, 1944-1946, to United States 1946-1947. Democratic Liberal.
Clubs: National, Jockey, Polo and Golf (Lima).
Married Grace Adelaide Flinders, December 20, 1934.