Manuel Menéndez

Manuel Menéndez
Interim president of Peru
In office
18 November 1841 – 16 August 1842
Preceded byAgustín Gamarra
Succeeded byJuan Francisco de Vidal
In office
7 October 1844 – 20 April 1845
Preceded byManuel Ignacio de Vivanco
Succeeded byRamón Castilla
Personal details
Born(1793-05-31)31 May 1793
Died2 May 1847(1847-05-02) (aged 53)
Lima, Peru

Manuel Menéndez Gorozabel (1793 – May 2, 1847) was a Peruvian politician who served as interim President of Peru from 1841 to 1842,[1] and again from 1844 to 1845.

He was ousted from office in a 1842 military coup carried out by General Juan Crisostomo Torrico.[2] He was restored to office in the Constitutional Revolution of 1843-1844.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ As “President of the State Council in charge of the Executive”. Oviedo, Juan (1861). Coleccion de leyes, decretos y ordenes publicadas en el Peru desde el año de 1821 (in Spanish). Vol. VII. pp. 7–8.
  2. ^ a b Madrid, Raúl L. (2025). The Birth of Democracy in South America. Cambridge University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-009-63381-9.