Manuel María Ponce Brousset (April 5, 1874 in

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– July 18, 1966 in Lima) who briefly served as the

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in August 1930. After

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overthrew

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's eleven-year dictatorship in

, Ponce assumed the two-day interim presidency until Sánchez Cerro arrived in Lima and was designated as Leguía's successor. Brousset died in July 18, 1966 at the age of .

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