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Birth Name: Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhäusler
Place of Birth: Lima, Peru
Date of Birth: 10 October, 1944
Ethnicity: * father – Peruvian [Spanish, Basque, possibly other], at least 1/16 English * mother – Austrian-Ashkenazi Jewish
Francisco Sagasti is a Peruvian engineer, academic, author, and politician. He has served as President of Peru , from 17 November, 2020 to 28 July, 2021. He has also been a Member of Congress, from 16 March, 2020 to 17 November, 2020, Parliamentary Spokesperson of the Purple Party, from 16 March, 2020 to 16 November, 2020, and President of Congress, from 16 November, 2020 to 17 November, 2020.
His father, Francisco Rafael Sagasti Miller, was Peruvian, also from Lima. His paternal grandfather was Francisco Sagasti Saldaña, a national hero of the Battle of Tarapacá. President Sagasti’s mother, Elsa Hochhäusler Reinisch, was from Vienna, Austria, and settled in Santiago, Chile; she was a journalist. Her own father was Jewish, and had relatives who died in the Holocaust. It is not clear if her own mother was Jewish, too, but it is possible.
President Sagasti has a daughter with his former wife, Costa Rican economist Silvia Cristina de las Mercedes Charpentier Brenes. Silvia was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, and director of the Central Bank of Costa Rica. President Sagasti acquired Costa Rican citizenship while married to her.
President Sagasti’s paternal grandfather was Francisco Rafael Sagasti Saldaña (the son of Francisco Sagasti Figueroa and Mercedes Saldaña). President Sagasti’s grandfather Francisco was born in Lima.
President Sagasti’s paternal grandmother was María Estela Miller Winder (the daughter of Juan Miller and María Amalia Winder Bedoya). Estela was born in Lima. Amalia was the daughter of Manuel Winder Lerzundi, who own father, Michael Winder (or Miguel Francisco Winder Williamson in Spanish), was English, from Shoreditch, London, and of María Bedoya Huare.
President Sagasti’s maternal grandfather was Leopold Hochhäusler (the son of Sigmund Hochhäusler and Charlotte Silberberger). Leopold was born in Vienna, to a Jewish family. Sigmund was born in Mikulov, Břeclav District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, the son of Leopold Hochhäusler and Maria Aderer. Charlotte was also from Mikulov, and was the daughter of Ignaz Silberberger and Henriette Toch.
President Sagasti’s maternal grandmother was Maria/Marianne Mitzi Reinisch (the daughter of Martin Reinisch and Barbara Pfeiffer). Mitzi was born in Vienna, to parents from Březí, Břeclav District, South Moravian Region. Martin was the son of Jakob Reinisch and Anna Maria Beck.
Sources: Genealogy of President Sagasti – https://gw.geneanet.org
Marriage record of President Sagasti, to Leonor Beatriz Giusti Escobar – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of President Sagasti, to Silvia Cristina de las Mercedes Charpentier Brenes – https://www.familysearch.org
Divorce record of President Sagasti’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of President Sagasti’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of President Sagasti’s paternal grandparents, Francisco Rafael Sagasti Saldaña and María Estela Miller Winder – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of President Sagasti’s paternal great-grandmother, María Amalia Winder Bedoya – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of President Sagasti’s paternal great-grandmother, María Amalia Winder Bedoya – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of President Sagasti’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Manuel Winder Lerzundi – https://gw.geneanet.org https://gw.geneanet.org
Death record of President Sagasti’s paternal great-great-grandmother, María Bedoya Huare – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of President Sagasti (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com