Roberto Leguía (1866-1930) was the first Vice President of Peru from 1912 to 1914.

Early life

Leguía was born in 1866 in Lambayeque, Peru. His father was Nicanor Leguía y Duarte and mother was María del Carmendo Salcedo. He is a descendant of a Basque immigrant named Estaquio Leguía, who was a tobacco farmer. Leguía also engaged in agriculture in early life.

Political career

Roberto Leguía was the brother of dictator

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. Leguía served as

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from 1911 to 1912. Then he served as first Vice President of Peru from 1912 to 1914. But the swearing-in ceremony for the vice president never took place. Leguía travelled to Argentina and remained there for 15 years. In his absence, the military coup against president Billinghurst took place. A group of parliamentarians wanted him to be the president, but majority of lawmakers made

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the provisional president. Later he sought refuge at the Italian embassy. During the dictatorship of his brother, he returned to Peru and served as

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from 1927 to 1930. He resigned after his brother was overthrown in another military coup.

Death

Leguía died in

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, Peru in 1930.

Bibliography

* Basadre Grohmann, Jorge: ''Historia de la República del Perú (1822 - 1933)'', Volume 12, 13 and 14. Editada por la Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A. Lima, 2005. (V.12) - (V.13) - (V.14) * Tauro del Pino, Alberto: ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú''. Third Edition. Volume 9, JAB/LLO. Lima, PEISA, 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leguia, Roberto Leguía family Vice presidents of Peru Presidents of the Senate of Peru Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru 1866 births 1930 deaths Date of birth missing