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[]
- ^ Martín, José Carlos (1974). El general Manuel María Ponce (in Spanish). Compania de Impresiones y Publicidad. p. 7.
- ^ Martín, José Carlos (1974). El general Manuel María Ponce (in Spanish). Compania de Impresiones y Publicidad. p. 26.
- ^ 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.
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- 1874 births
- 1966 deaths
- Presidents of Peru
- Peruvian politician stubs