Andres Caceres
| Andrés Avelino Cáceres | |
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| 34th President of Peru | |
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In office November 6, 1881 – December 25, 1882 |
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| Preceded by | Lizardo Montero |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Iglesias |
| 36th President of Peru | |
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In office June 5, 1886 – August 10, 1890 |
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| Vice President |
Remigio Morales Bermúdez Aurelio Denegri |
| Preceded by | Antonio Arenas |
| Succeeded by | Remigio Morales |
| 38th President of Peru | |
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In office August 10, 1894 – March 20, 1895 |
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| Vice President |
César Canevaro Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes |
| Preceded by | Justiniano Borgoño |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Candamo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 10, 1836 Ayacucho |
| Died | October 10, 1923 (aged 86) Lima |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Political party | Constitutional Party |
| Spouse(s) | Antonia Moreno Leyva |
Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (November 10, 1836 – October 10, 1923) served as the President of Peru three times during the 19th century, from 1881 to 1882 as the 34th President of Peru, then from 1886 to 1890 as the 36th President of Peru, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 38th President of Peru. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), where he fought as a General in the Peruvian Army.
Andrés Avelino Cáceres was born on November 10, 1836, in the city of Ayacucho. His father, Don Domingo Cáceres y Ore, was a landowner and his mother, Justa Dorregaray Cueva, daughter of the Spanish colonel Demetrio Dorregaray. He was mestizo; one of his maternal ancestors was Catalina Wanka, an Incaica-Wanka princess. He studied at the Colegio San Ramón (Spanish: San Ramón School) in his hometown.
In 1854, Cáceres abandoned his studies and joined the Ayacucho Battalion as a cadet. As part of this unit, he participated in the rebellion led by General Ramón Castilla against President José Rufino Echenique, which ended with the victory of the former at the Battle of La Palma (January 5, 1855).
Afterwards, he quickly ascended through the military, obtaining the rank of Second Lieutenant later that year and that of Lieutenant in 1857. Between 1857 and 1859 he actively supported Ramón Castilla's government against a rebellion by former president Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. During the fighting, Cáceres was severely wounded in the left eye.
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