Dr. Daniel Nuñez del Prado (29 July 1840 in La Paz

La Paz

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, Bolivia

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 – 1891) was a revolutionary Bolivian doctor of medicine. His parents were Dr. Maria Jose Nuñez del Prado and Isabel del Valle. His brother, Eduardo Nuñez del Prado, was also a doctor of medicine.

President Mariano Melgarejo

Mariano Melgarejo

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expelled Nuñez del Prado from Bolivia. The reason: Mrs. Nuñez del Prado denied general Melgarejo the access to her house during a pared. One of the historical buildings in the city of La Paz. Years later Don Daniel urgently is requested to attend a patient who has been shot to dead in Lima. The patient is General Melgarejo. The last confession from former president Melgarejo was with Don Daniel Nuñez del Prado.

Timeline

• Degree as doctor of medicine in Lima / 1863.

• 1866 Fights under supreme commander Jose Galvez against the Spanish invasion, obtaining decorations from the Peruvian and Bolivian governments.

• 1868 Combats a yellow fever epidemic in Lima. Due to his engagement obtains a decoration from the Peruvian congress.

• 1878 Prefect of La Paz.

• 1881 Bolivian foreign minister under President Campero.

Achievements

• Dean of the Faculty of medicine in La Paz.
• Organizes the battalion "Victoria" to defend Bolivia from the attacks from Chile. Due to this action he obtains the nomination as Colonel.