Andrés F. Dasso
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Andrés F. Dasso was born 16 Jun 1893 in Lima - Peru; the 4th of 11 children of Andrea (b. 1855 Genoa - Italy; d. 1925 Lima - Peru) and María Margarita (Hoke) Dasso.

His father, Andrea Dasso, had emigrated to Argentina in 1870 and in 1875 emigrated to Peru. In 1900 Andrea created a partnership with Luigi Sanguinetti that operated as "Sanguinetti & Dasso." The business was involved in the urban expansion of Lima and in the provision of electrical services to the city in the new sub-urban centers.

Andrés F. Dasso was educated at the "Colegio Italiano de Lima" (Italian School of Lima) also known as "Instituto Humberto I."
In 1919, he married María Luisa Valle (the daughter of Tomás and Cristina (Valle) Valle; and had 4 children: Lilly, Andrés T., Rosa, and Tomás.

He was a Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian politician
in the early 20th century.
He became the mayor of Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

 from 1922 to 1925.
In 1930 he became a Senator
and later Head of the Dept.
of Treasury of Peru.

(Sources:
1. Genealogical data.
2. Biographical info: Bonfiglio, Giovanni, "Dizionario storico-biografico degli italiani in Peru," Instituto Italo-Latinoamericano, Bologna. 1998.)
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