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Óscar R. Benavides

1876 - 1945

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Óscar Raymundo Benavides Larrea (March 15, 1876 – July 2, 1945) was a Peruvian field marshal, diplomat, and politician who served as the 38th (1914–1915, by coup d'état) and 42nd (1933–1939) President of Peru, with his latter term being a period of authoritarian fascism. He commanded Peruvian forces in the Battle of La Pedrera against Colombia where Peru was victorious. He annulled the 1936 Peruvian general election, where his favored candidate Jorge Prado Ugarteche appeared to be losing, and subsequently stayed on as president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar R. Benavides is the 10,933rd most popular politician (up from 11,854th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Peru (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Óscar R. Benavides ranks 10,933 out of 19,576. Before him are Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Tessa Jowell, Charibert of Laon, Zeng Qinghong, José Giral, and Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus. After him are Aemilia Lepida, Lahiri Mahasaya, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Magas of Cyrene, Mizengo Pinda, and Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Óscar R. Benavides ranks 103. Before him are Ioannis Georgiadis, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Walter Tewksbury, William Sealy Gosset, Alexandre Tuffère, and Yusuf Akçura. After him are Mack Swain, Aaron Aaronsohn, Oscar Dessomville, Pantelis Karasevdas, Ahmad Qavam, and Konstantinos Demertzis. Among people deceased in 1945, Óscar R. Benavides ranks 213. Before him are Wincenty Witos, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Roberto Farinacci, Agnes Baden-Powell, Alfred Delp, and Nikolai Tcherepnin. After him are Antal Szerb, Heinrich Ehrler, N. C. Wyeth, Violette Szabo, Henrietta Szold, and Ernst-Günther Baade.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Óscar R. Benavides ranks 54 out of 287. Before him are Claudio Pizarro (1978), Manuel A. Odría (1896), José María Arguedas (1911), Agustín Gamarra (1785), Pedro Barreto (1944), and Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889). After him are Boris Vallejo (1941), Augusto B. Leguía (1863), Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921), Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889), Ramón Castilla (1797), and Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Óscar R. Benavides ranks 28. Before him are Ollanta Humala (1962), Valentín Paniagua (1936), Francisco Sagasti (1944), Manuel A. Odría (1896), Agustín Gamarra (1785), and Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889). After him are Augusto B. Leguía (1863), Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921), Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889), Ramón Castilla (1797), Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), and Martín Vizcarra (1963).

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