Rafael Larco Herrera

Rafael Larco Herrera
Rafael Larco Herrera
First Vice President of Peru
In office
1939–1945
PresidentManuel Prado
Vice PresidentCarlos D. Gibson (Second Vice President)
Preceded byErnesto Montagne Markholz
Succeeded byJosé Gálvez Barrenechea
Personal details
Born
Teófilo Rafael Andrés Wenceslao Larco Herrera

July 22, 1872
Lima, Peru
DiedMarch 14, 1956
SpouseEsther Hoyle Castro (m. 1900–)
RelationsVíctor Larco Herrera (brother)
Children3, including Rafael Larco Hoyle
EducationColegio San Juan Trujillo, Colegio Internacional de Lima
OccupationPolitician, businessman, landowner, philanthropist

Teófilo Rafael Andrés Wenceslao Larco Herrera (July 22, 1872 – March 14, 1956), known simply as Rafael Larco Herrera, was a Peruvian politician, businessman, landowner, and philanthropist. He was first vice-president of Peru during the first Government of Manuel Prado (1939–1945), as well as minister of Foreign Relations and interim minister of Finance and Commerce, on the cabinet led by David Samanez Ocampo (1931).