1920 Constitution2. He then remained an ordinary senator until 19243. From Congress he began a tenacious opposition to the re-election politics of President Augusto B. Leguía, so he had to be imprisoned in 1921,along with other civilists, and deported to Chile. From Chile he went into exile to France, where he remained until 1932. On his return he was chairman of the board of the Peruvian Vapores Company and general manager and president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru,which he served from 1934 to 1939. 1939 election For the 1939 general election,President Oscar R. Benavides chose Prado as his presidential candidate. Against this official candidacy, José Quesada Larrea, a young lawyer, a native of Trujillo, Peru,who for his campaign acquired the newspaper La Prensa,from where he fought for electoral freedom, for the obvious purpose of the government to manipulate the results. The APRA party, which was the most important party in the country, was outlawed. Another important political force, the Sanchecerrista Revolutionary Union, was also annulled when its leader, Luis A. Flores, was banished. At the electoral juncture, both Prado and Quesada requested the support of the apristas(Members and supporters of the APRA) but they decided not to take sides. Prado ran as a candidate for a concentration of small parties. Before the election, the government shut down La Prensa. When the counts were made, Prado appeared as the victor, with enormous advantage. There was talk of mass fraud First government (1939 - 1945) Manuel Prado assumed the presidency on December 8, 1939. Politician until then almost unknown, he predicted that he would not last long in office, but deployed a combination of tactical cunning, strategic flexibility and personal charm that made him one of Peru's most effective politicians of the 20th century. His government largely continued the work done by General Benavides and was of relative democracy. It suffered the consequences of the Second World War, which had a strong impact on trade. Imports fell sharply but export products such as sugar, cotton, metals and rubber increased. The shortage of import products for domestic consumption brought about new industries that successfully replaced foreign products. The war made numerous "new rich" appear. In the international order, Prado had two notable successes: The first was the victorious war against Ecuador and the subscription of the Rio de Janeiro Protocol guaranteed by the United States, Brazil, Chile and Argentina,which sought to