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Augusto Leguía
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President of Peru (1863-1932)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- See list Melitón Porras Osores [ es ] Germán Leguía y Martínez [ es ] Julio Ego-Aguirre Dongo [ es ] Alejandro Maguiña Pedro José Rada y Gamio Benjamín Huamán de los Heros [ es ] Fernando Sarmiento Ramírez [ es ]
- Vice president
- César Canevaro Agustín de la Torre [ es ]
- Preceded by
- Himself (Provisional President)
- Succeeded by
- Manuel Ponce (Military Junta)
- President
- José Pardo y Barreda
- Born
- ( 1863-02-19 ) 19 February 1863, Lambayeque, Peru
- Died
- 6 February 1932 (1932-02-06) (aged 68), Callao , Peru
- Party
- Reformist Democratic Party
- Other political affiliations
- Civilista Party (until 1920)
- Profession
- Economist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Peru
- Place of birth
- Lambayeque
- Place of death
- Lima
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Position held
- President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Augusto B. Leguía Salcedo (crop).jpg
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- Commons category
- Augusto B. Leguía
- date of birth
- 1863-02-19
- date of death
- 1932-02-07
- place of burial
- Presbítero Matias Maestro
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- name in native language
- Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo
- birth name
- Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo
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Encyclopedic overview
Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (19 February 1863 – 6 February 1932) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1908 to 1912 and from 1919 to 1930, the latter term known as the "Oncenio" after its eleven-year length.
Early life
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