Ramiro Prialé

Ramiro Abelardo Prialé Prialé was a Peruvian politician. A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, he was a friend of Víctor Raúl Haya De La Torre. He served as the President of the Senate from July 1964 to July 1965, and from July 1987 until his death. Several roads and places in Lima are named for him.

Biography

Prialé was born in Huancayo on January 6, 1904. He was the son of Pedro Sixto Prialé Ráez and Edelmira Prialé Morales. He did his school studies at the Colegio Nacional Santa Isabel de Huancayo. He married Carmen Luzmila Jaime Torres, with whom he would have five children: Ramiro Alfonso, Raquel Edelmira, Pedro José, Víctor Gustavo and Carmen Luzmila. With his first son, he traveled to Lima to study Law at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
At some point, he and Torres separated, and he married Antonieta Zevallos de Prialé in 1945.

Political career

He was the founder of the Peruvian Aprista Party together with Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, being one of its historical leaders. He was elected senator by his native Junín in the elections of 1945, 1963, 1980 and 1985. He was a mentor and teacher of numerous leaders of different generations such as Alberto Valencia Cárdenas, Gilmer Calderón Cuenca, José Barsallo Burga, Melitón Arce, Carlos Roca and the current prominent leaders Mercedes Cabanillas, former President of the Congress from 2006-2007.