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Juan Antonio Pezet

1809 - 1879

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Juan Antonio Pezet y Rodríguez de la Piedra (11 June 1809 – 24 March 1879) was a Peruvian military officer and politician who served in the positions of Secretary of War, First Vice President and the 16th President of Peru. As President, his moderate and cautious attitude towards the occupation of the Chincha Islands by a Spanish Fleet in 1864 was used as an excuse to launch the 1865 military coup led by Colonel Mariano Prado that drove him out of power. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Antonio Pezet is the 15,688th most popular politician (up from 15,982nd in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Peru (up from 144th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Antonio Pezet ranks 15,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Johannes Hahn, Michel Sapin, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Jean Kambanda, Ngiratkel Etpison, and Lobengula. After him are József Szlávy, Karolina Widerström, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Ján Kubiš, Lyudmila Pakhomova, and Loyola de Palacio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Juan Antonio Pezet ranks 69. Before him are Karl Bodmer, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Louis Meijer, Nestor Kukolnik, Giuseppe Giusti, and Svend Foyn. After him are Sterling Price, Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, Achille Guenée, Fanny Kemble, and Francis Walker. Among people deceased in 1879, Juan Antonio Pezet ranks 60. Before him are László Paál, Peter Arnold Heise, William Froude, Emma Smith, William Fothergill Cooke, and Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera. After him are Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Jacob Abbott, John Bell Hood, Henry Charles Carey, George Caleb Bingham, and Caleb Cushing.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Juan Antonio Pezet ranks 126 out of 287. Before him are Carlos Cillóniz (1910), José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (1779), Manuel Menéndez (1793), Manuel Pardo (1834), Juan Guevara (1882), and Julio Quintana (1904). After him are Julio C. Tello (1880), Pedro Pablo León (1943), Alberto Soria (1906), Juan Francisco de Vidal (1800), Clorinda Matto de Turner (1854), and Lizardo Rodríguez Nue (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Juan Antonio Pezet ranks 61. Before him are Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), José Rufino Echenique (1808), Serapio Calderón (1843), José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (1779), Manuel Menéndez (1793), and Manuel Pardo (1834). After him are Juan Francisco de Vidal (1800), Aníbal Torres (1942), Gustavo Jiménez (1886), Juan Crisóstomo Torrico (1808), Lizardo Montero Flores (1832), and Justiniano Borgoño (1836).

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