Ruler · 1910 – 1977

Juan Velasco Alvarado

Lived 1910 – 1977; politician, military officer. President of Peru (Peru), 1968 – 1975.

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Lived: 1910 – 1977; 67 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Peru
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Peru

Peru · the 56th of 73 dated reigns · 1821 – 2026

52 before

Ricardo Pérez Godoy1962 – 1963

Nicolás Lindley López1963

Fernando Belaúnde1963 – 1968

Juan Velasco Alvarado1968 – 1975

Francisco Morales Bermúdez1975 – 1980

Fernando Belaúnde1980 – 1985

Alan García1985 – 1990

14 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 1968 – 1975 · 7 years · came to it aged 58

Came to it: seized power
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1975; they died in 1977

Just five days after Velasco seized power in 1968, the General began the nationalization of the Peruvian economy with the expropriation and nationalization of the American International Petroleum Company (IPC) oil fields located in the northern Peruvian oil port and refinery of Talara, Piura, near t…

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