Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
| Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| 48th President of the Republic of Peru | |
|
In office December 8, 1931 – April 30, 1933 |
|
| Preceded by | David Samanez |
| Succeeded by | Oscar R. Benavides |
| Interim President of Peru (President of the Provisional Government Junta) | |
|
In office August 27, 1930 – March 1, 1931 |
|
| Preceded by | Manuel Ponce |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Leoncio Elías |
| Prime Minister of Peru | |
|
In office August 25, 1930 – November 24, 1930 |
|
| President |
Manuel María Ponce Brousset Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro |
| Preceded by | Fernando Sarmiento |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Beingolea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1889 Piura, Peru 
|
| Died | April 30, 1933 (age 43) Lima, Peru
|
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Political party | Revolutionary Union |
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (August 12, 1889, Piura – April 30, 1933, Lima) was a high-ranking Peruvian army officer who served as the 48th President of Peru, from 1931 to 1933 as well as Interim President of Peru, officially as the President of the Provisional Government Junta, from 1930 to 1931. On August 22, 1930, as a lieutenant-colonel, he overturned the eleven-year dictatorship of Augusto B. Leguía after a coup d'état in Arequipa.
Following Leguía's resignation, Manuel Ponce was interim president until Sánchez was chosen on August 27. The new president flew to Lima and himself served as provisional president until the military with whom he had effected the coup forced him into exile after six months in office.
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was born in Piura on August 12, 1889 to Antonio Sánchez and Rosa Cerro. He was the first Peruvian President to have Indigenous Peruvian ancestry as well as being of Afro-Peruvian "Manganche" descent.
Luis Miguel Sánchez was wounded in five places and lost three fingers of his left hand when he seized the spitting muzzle of a machine gun (with his bare hands) and turned it against government forces during the overthrowing of President Guillermo Billinghurst, in 1914.
In 1921 he was again shot and injured when captured in Lima, in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow President Leguía. During his exile abroad he served with the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco, where he was wounded. He also served with the Royal Army of Italy in 1925, and took advanced military studies in France in 1926.
...
Wikipedia