Pedro Gerardo María Beltrán Espantoso (17 February 1897 – 16 February 1979), was a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian journalist, economist and politician. From 1959 to 1961, he was the

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and

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under

Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (21 April 1889 – 15 August 1967) was a Peruvian politician and banker who served twice as president of Peru. Son of former President Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd ...

. Beltrán was a longtime owner and publisher of ''La Prensa''. Beltrán was the Peruvian Ambassador to the

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from 1944 to 1945. He became president of the Central Reserve Bank in 1948 and served until 1950.Historial de autoridades del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú desde 1922
''Banco Central de Reserva del Perú''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beltrán Espantoso, Pedro Prime ministers of Peru Ministers of economy and finance of Peru Presidents of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru People from Lima 1897 births 1979 deaths National University of San Marcos alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics