Zenón Noriega Agüero (July 12, 1900 – May 7, 1957) 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 army general who briefly served as the interim president of Peru through a military junta for two months in 1950.

Biography

Noriega was born in

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Per ...

in 1900 as the son of Wenceslao Noriega and María del Carmen Agüero. He served as

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 ...

's deputy since Odría took power in a

military coup A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...

in 1948. On June 1, 1950, Odría formally stepped down as president in order to pursue his candidacy in a presidential election in which he would be the only candidate. Noriega became president of the junta until July 28, when Odría resumed power. Political historians concede that Noriega did not rule on his own, but followed Odría's commands. He was immediately appointed prime minister by Odría, and served in that position until August 1954. Already enshrined as constitutional president Odría after a questionable election, Noriega continued to serve as minister of war and president of the Council of Ministers. He was promoted to major general in 1953. In August 1954, he organized an abortive coup against Odría, for which he was sent into exile aboard one of the navy ships. It was said the conspiracy involved important people, being a symptom of the degree of decomposition in the Odriist regime. Noriega went to Argentina, where he was received by President Juan Domingo Perón. Two years later he returned to Peru and retired to private life. He died in 1957.

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Speech to the Peruvian Congress on July 28th, 1950
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