Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (May 5, 1892 – May 17, 1974) was a

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-born

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admiral and politician. He was born in

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. He returned to

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with his family in 1895. In 1908, he enrolled at the Naval Academy of Peru and graduated in 1912. He went to

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on the cruiser Comandante Aguirre and returned to Peru in 1915. He later served on the cruiser Almirante Grau. He was minister of health (1936–1937), navy and aviation (1937–1939), navy (1948–1955) and economy and finance (February–June 1948) in the

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. He served under Presidents

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, José Bustamante y Rivero and

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 ...

. He eventually rose to the rank of

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in the

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References

* Chirinos Soto, Enrique: ''Historia de la República / 1930 -1985''. Tomo II. Desde Sánchez Cerro hasta Alan García. Lima, AFA Editores, 1985. *Ortiz Sotelo, Jorge – Castañeda Martos, Alicia: ''Diccionario Biográfico Marítimo Peruano''. Asociación de Historia Marítima y Naval Iberoamericana, Lima, 2007. Impreso por Jhire Grafel S.R.L. *''El Mariscal Benavides, su vida y su obra''. 1976, 1981. Lima, Editorial Atlántida, 2 volúmenes. *Llosa Pazos, Juan Carlos: ''El Vicealmirante Roque Saldías Maninat y la modernización de la Armada del Perú'', Revista de Marina Volumen N° 1 2005

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saldias Maninat, Roque Augusto 1892 births 1974 deaths People from Valencia, Venezuela Peruvian sailors Prime ministers of Peru Ministers of health of Peru Ministers of economy and finance of Peru Immigrants to Peru Venezuelan emigrants