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Francisco Morales Bermúdez

1921 - 2022

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Francisco Remigio Morales Bermúdez Cerruti (4 October 1921 – 14 July 2022) was a Peruvian politician and general who was the de facto President of Peru (2nd President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces) between 1975 and 1980, after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco. Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced, he was forced to return power to civilian rule, marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces installed by a coup d'état in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Morales Bermúdez is the 11,052nd most popular politician (down from 8,675th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Peru (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Peruvian Politician.

Francisco Morales Bermúdez is most famous for being the President of Peru from 1975 to 1980, during a period of political and economic turmoil in the country. He is known for his authoritarian rule and for implementing economic policies that stabilized the country's economy but also led to significant social unrest.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco Morales Bermúdez ranks 11,052 out of 19,576Before him are Carl Jaenisch, Ketevan the Martyr, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Saw Maung, Elizabeth Granowska, and Karl Neukirch. After him are Cersobleptes, Kadan, Albin Kurti, Erik Axelsson Tott, Hugh IV of Cyprus, and Pasteur Bizimungu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Francisco Morales Bermúdez ranks 187Before him are Raymond Williams, Angelo Dundee, Pierre Bec, Amedeo Amadei, Oswaldo López Arellano, and Piero Piccioni. After him are Violette Szabo, Robert Brown, Guy Laroche, Leo Penn, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, and Andrew M. Gleason. Among people deceased in 2022, Francisco Morales Bermúdez ranks 204Before him are Maarten Schmidt, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Elza Soares, Barbara Walters, Jüri Tarmak, and Alec John Such. After him are Jimmy Wang Yu, Nick Bollettieri, Jack Higgins, Joseph Delaney, Vlado Milunić, and Eduard Artemyev.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Francisco Morales Bermúdez ranks 57 out of 287Before him are Agustín Gamarra (1785), Pedro Barreto (1944), Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), Boris Vallejo (1941), and Augusto B. Leguía (1863). After him are Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889), Ramón Castilla (1797), Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1836), Alex Olmedo (1936), and Daniel Alomía Robles (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Francisco Morales Bermúdez ranks 30Before him are Francisco Sagasti (1944), Manuel A. Odría (1896), Agustín Gamarra (1785), Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), and Augusto B. Leguía (1863). After him are Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889), Ramón Castilla (1797), Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), Martín Vizcarra (1963), Pedro Castillo (1969), and Eduardo López de Romaña (1847).