Raúl Porras Barrenechea

Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 April 1958  12 September 1960
PresidentManuel Prado Ugarteche
Preceded byVictor Andres Belaunde
Succeeded byLuis Alvarado Garrido
Personal details
Born23 March 1897
Lima, Peru
Died27 September 1960 (aged 63)
Lima, Peru
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
OccupationDiplomat, historian and politician

Raúl Porras Barrenechea (23 March 1897 – 27 September 1960) was a Peruvian diplomat, historian and politician. He was President of the Senate in 1957 and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1958 and 1960. A well-known figure of the student movement in San Marcos in the early 20th century, Porras became one of the most prominent hispanist historians of his generation and a leading figure of the Peruvian diplomacy.