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Juan Velasco Alvarado

1910 - 1977

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Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism, as well as left-leaning policies that addressed indigenous Peruvians, such as nationalization or agrarian reform were adopted. These policies were reversed after another coup d'état in 1975 led by his Prime Minister, Francisco Morales Bermúdez. Velasco had a confrontational foreign policy towards the United States, as he pushed for renegotiation of treaties and criticized what he perceived as a pernicious dependence of Latin American states on the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Velasco Alvarado is the 6,506th most popular politician (up from 6,818th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Peru (down from 31st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Velasco Alvarado ranks 6,506 out of 19,576. Before him are Ronald Lauder, Shoshenq IV, Guido de Marco, Ayşe Sultan, Karin Keller-Sutter, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. After him are Clement Greenberg, Sayri Túpac, Publius Juventius Celsus, Leo Jogiches, Vologases II of Parthia, and Amadeus III, Count of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Juan Velasco Alvarado ranks 82. Before him are Pavel Batitsky, Barthélemy Boganda, Joy Adamson, Johan Ferrier, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, and Louis Slotin. After him are Hideo Shinojima, Viktors Arājs, Rudolf Lange, Eero Saarinen, Paul Bowles, and Chico Xavier. Among people deceased in 1977, Juan Velasco Alvarado ranks 61. Before him are Jan Patočka, Olave Baden-Powell, Hamida Djandoubi, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, and Félix Gouin. After him are Marc Bolan, Eduard Roschmann, Marien Ngouabi, Tom Pryce, Takeo Kurita, and Carlos Pace.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado ranks 34 out of 287. Before him are Dina Boluarte (1962), César Vallejo (1892), Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), Mayta Cápac (1290), Inca Roca (1350), and Alejandro Toledo (1946). After him are Sayri Túpac (1535), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), Lloque Yupanqui (1260), Yawar Waqaq (1380), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), and Cápac Yupanqui (1320).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado ranks 16. Before him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Alan García (1949), Túpac Huallpa (1510), Dina Boluarte (1962), Inca Roca (1350), and Alejandro Toledo (1946). After him are Sayri Túpac (1535), Lloque Yupanqui (1260), Yawar Waqaq (1380), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Titu Cusi (1535), and Ollanta Humala (1962).

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