Juan Martín Echenique
Juan Martín Echenique y Tristán was a Peruvian politician and soldier who served as the Mayor of Lima from 1898 to 1899. His father, José Rufino Echenique was the 23rd President of Peru. During his military career, Juan fought for Peru during the Chincha Islands War against Spain.Biography
Echenique was born in 1841 in Lima, Peru to José Rufino Echenique and Victoria Tristán de Echenique, the daughter of the last Viceroy of Peru, Pío de Tristán. He began his military training as a cadet in 1851. In 1853, he entered the Chorrillos Military School, where he studied until November 1854. In 1855, he was forced into exile in the United States with his father due to the :es:Revolución Liberal de 1854|Liberal Revolution of 1854.
