Manuel María Ponce Brousset

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Manuel María Ponce Brousset

Manuel María Ponce Brousset (April 5, 1874 in Arequipa, Peru[1] – July 18, 1966 in Lima[2]) who briefly served as the President of Peru in August 1930.

After Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro overthrew Augusto B. Leguía's eleven-year dictatorship in Arequipa, Ponce assumed the two-day interim presidency until Sánchez Cerro arrived in Lima and was designated as Leguía's successor.[3] Brousset died in July 18, 1966 at the age of 92.

References[]

  1. ^ Martín, José Carlos (1974). El general Manuel María Ponce (in Spanish). Compania de Impresiones y Publicidad. p. 7.
  2. ^ Martín, José Carlos (1974). El general Manuel María Ponce (in Spanish). Compania de Impresiones y Publicidad. p. 26.
  3. ^ Pease, Henry; Romero, Gonzalo (2014). La política en el Perú del siglo XX (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial de la PUCP. ISBN 978-612-4146-90-9.
Political offices
Preceded by
Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
President of Peru
1930
Succeeded by
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro


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