Nicolás Eduardo Lindley López (November 16, 1908 – May 3, 1995) was a

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vian military commander, who headed the military government in Peru for several months in 1963. He also served as the 48th

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(2nd President of the Military Junta).

Biography

Lindley was born in

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in 1908 to an upper-class family of

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descent, and he studied at the Anglo-Peruvian School (

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). In 1926, he entered the

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, where he obtained his doctorate in 1930. Lindley had a successful career within the military, and in 1960 he became general commander of the

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. On July 18 1962, Lindley launched a military coup together with

Ricardo Pérez Godoy Ricardo Pío Pérez Godoy (9 June 1905 – 26 July 1982) was a general of the Peruvian army who launched a coup d'état in July 1962, headed a military junta until March 1963 and served as the 47th President of Peru (1st President of the Militar ...

against the democratically elected President of Peru Manuel Prado, in order to prevent the election of

Manuel A. Odría Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti (26 November 1896 – 18 February 1974) was a military officer who served as the 45th President of Peru. He ousted President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero in the 1948 Peruvian coup d'état and seized power. He pr ...

as president by Congress on July 28, 1962, based on his agreement between

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (February 22, 1895 – August 2, 1979) was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political ...

, who placed first in the election, but the military issued a veto against him. They installed a military government, initially headed by Pérez with Lindley as the minister of defense. The junta's main goal was to organize new elections and transfer power to a newly elected government. When Pérez showed an inclination to stay in power for longer than originally foreseen, he was overthrown by Lindley on March 3, 1963. Lindley stayed in power until July 28 that year when the election winner

Fernando Belaúnde Fernando Sergio Marcelo Marcos Belaúnde Terry (October 7, 1912 – June 4, 2002) was a Peruvian politician who twice served as President of Peru (1963–1968 and 1980–1985). Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after ...

took over the presidency. From 1964 to 1975, Lindley served as the Peruvian ambassador to Spain. He then retired from politics and military life, and later returned to Peru, where he lived until his death at the age of 86.

References

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Paper Money issue by the Lindley Administration
1908 births 1995 deaths Military personnel from Lima Peruvian generals Prime ministers of Peru Presidents of Peru Peruvian people of English descent Ambassadors of Peru to Spain Chorrillos Military School alumni Leaders who took power by coup {{Peru-politician-stub