Background
CORNEJO, Mariano was born on October 29, 1870 in Arequipa. Son of Mariano Lino Cornejo.
CORNEJO, Mariano was born on October 29, 1870 in Arequipa. Son of Mariano Lino Cornejo.
Deputy from the Department of Puno, 1893-1904. Professor in the University of Lima, 1896. President of the Chamber of Deputies, 1901-1903.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador, 1904.
Negotiated the Cornejo-Valverde treaty with Ecuador concerning the boundaries with Perú. Minister ad hoc before the King of Spain in the boundary arbitration between Perú and Ecuador, 1905.
Peruvian delegate to the Pan-American Congress of Rio de Janeiro, 1907. Senator, 1911-1920; member of the Court of International Justice of The Hague since 1916.
Leader of the movement to secure the adherence of Perú to the Allied cause during the World War.
Spanish Academy, Academies of Jurisprudence, History, Geography, and of Moral and Political Sciences, of Madrid. International Institute of Sociology (president). Institut de France (corresponding).
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (corresponding).
Ateneo of Lima (president). Sociétés de l"Union Juridique, des Gens de Lettres, de Législation Comparée, de l’Histoire Diplomatique, des Américanistes, of Paris.
Cercles de l’Union and Interallié, of Paris. National Club of Lima.
Married Clorinda Cano. Children: Cristina and Ricardo.