Juan Lizardo Montero Flores (1832 in

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...

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– 1905) was a

vian soldier and politician who held the provisional Presidency of Peru from 1881 to 1883, replacing President

Francisco García Calderón Francisco García Calderón Landa (April 2, 1834 – September 21, 1905) was a lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru for a short seven-month period in 1881, during the War of the Pacific. García Calderón was a key figure ...

, during the

Chilean occupation of Peru The Chilean occupation of Peru ( es, Ocupación chilena del Perú) began on November 2, 1879, with the beginning of the Tarapacá campaign during the War of the Pacific. The Chilean Army successfully defeated the Peruvian Army and occupied the so ...

that took place as a result of the

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. He was also

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for a brief period, in 1879. Montero was a friend and comrade-in-arms of

Miguel Grau Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). He was known as ''el Caballero de los Mares'' (Span ...

Manuel Ferreyros Manuel José Ferreyros y Senra (Lima, September 2, 1833 — Puno, January 13, 1876) was a Peruvian naval officer and politician. Ferreyros was a friend and comrade-in-arms of Miguel Grau, Aurelio García and Lizardo Montero, all of whom were k ...

and

Aurelio García y García Aurelio García y García (November 28, 1836 — June 25, 1888) was a Peruvian marine, diplomat and politician. García was a friend and comrade-in-arms of Miguel Grau, Manuel Ferreyros and Lizardo Montero, all of whom were known as the Four Ac ...

, all of whom were known as the Four Aces of the

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Biography

Lizardo Montero joined the Peruvian Navy in the decade of 1850. Seven years later, aboard the frigate ''Apurímac'', he supported

Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco Iturralde (15 June 1806 – 16 September 1873) was a Peruvian politician and military leader who served as the President of Peru from 1843 to 1844. He was born in Lima, Peru. He led part of the Peruvian forces in the ...

's coup. Between 1858 and 1862 he travelled to

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. In 1865, he supported General

Mariano Ignacio Prado Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa (December 18, 1825 – May 5, 1901) was a Peruvian army general who served as the 16th (1865 - 1868) and 21st (1876 - 1879) President of Peru. Biography Born in Huánuco on December 18, 1825, he studied in Huanuco an ...

in his coup d'état against General

Juan Antonio Pezet Juan Antonio Pezet Rodríguez Piedra (11 June 1809 – 24 March 1879) was a Peruvian military officer and politician who served in the positions of Secretary of War, First Vice President and the 16th President of Peru throughout his life. A ...

. He was then promoted to the rank of corvette captain and was in command of the Peruvian squad during the conflict with Spain in 1866. In 1871, Montero was among the founders of the

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. He was chosen senator for his native

and, five years later, was promoted to the rank of admiral. After Prado's declaration of war, Montero Flores was named military and political chief of the southern Peruvian provinces. After a brief defeat in a naval campaign, he left to

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where he joined

Nicolás de Piérola Jose Nicolás Baltasar Fernández de Piérola y Villena (known as "''El Califa''" ("The Caliph"); January 5, 1839 – June 23, 1913) was a Peruvian politician and Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Finance who served as the 23rd and 31 ...

's forces. He fought in the

during battles of San Juan and of Miraflores in January 1881. After the occupation of Lima, he left to

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as military and political chief of the northern provinces. In 1881 he was chosen as

first

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. After the deportation of García Calderón, Montero was named Interim President and started the peace negotiations with the government of

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. His refusal to cede any territory to Chile forced him to briefly move the Peruvian congress to

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. Montero left the country after the

Treaty of Ancón The Treaty of Ancón was a peace treaty signed by Chile and Peru on 20 October 1883, in Ancón District, Ancón, near Lima. It was intended to settle the two nations' remaining territorial differences at the conclusion of their involvement in the ...

in 1883. In 1890, on his return to Peru, he was once again named senator for his native Piura.

References

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