Luis La Puerta de Mendoza (August 25, 1811 – October 21, 1896) was a 19th-century
Peruvian
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...
politician. He was born in Cusco. He was briefly
Prime Minister of Peru
The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Consejo de Ministros del Perú), informally called Premier (form of address) or Prime Minister, is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council ...
in January 1868. He served as the
first vice president from 1876 to 1879
and was briefly president for five days in 1879 during the
War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Aparicio, Manuel J.: ''Cusco en la Guerra con Chile''. Cuzco: INC, 2003
* Basadre, Jorge: ''Historia de la República del Perú. 1822 - 1933'', Octava Edición, corregida y aumentada. Tomos 5, 6, 7 y 8. Editada por el Diario "La República" de Lima y la Universidad "Ricardo Palma". Impreso en Santiago de Chile, 1998.
* Fonseca, Juan: ''Un Estado en Formación'' (1827-1883). Tomo X de la “Historia del Perú” publicada por la Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A, 2010.
* Orrego, Juan Luis: ''La República Oligárquica (1850-1950)''. Incluida en la ''Historia del Perú''. Lima, Lexus Editores, 2000.
* Tauro del Pino, Alberto: ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú''. Tercera Edición. Tomo 9, JAB/LLO. Lima, PEISA, 2001.
* Vargas Ugarte, Rubén: ''Historia General del Perú''. Tomos IX y X. Primera Edición. Editor Carlos Milla Batres. Lima, Perú, 1971.
External links
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1811 births
1896 deaths
People from Cusco
Peruvian soldiers
Vice presidents of Peru