Ruler · 1814 – 1872

José Balta

Lived 1814 – 1872; politician, military personnel. President of Peru (Peru), 1868 – 1872.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1814 – 1872; 58 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Peru
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Peru

Peru · the 14th of 73 dated reigns · 1821 – 2026

10 before

Ramón Castilla1844

José Rufino Echenique1851 – 1855

Mariano Ignacio Prado1865 – 1868

José Balta1868 – 1872

Tomás Gutiérrez1872

Mariano Herencia Zevallos1872

Manuel Pardo1872 – 1876

56 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1868 – 1872 · 4 years · came to it aged 54

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed

Balta was deposed and shot by a disgruntled member of his own cabinet, Defense Minister Tomás Gutiérrez during his subsequent coup d'état attempt.

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