José Luis Bustamante y Rivero

president of Peru

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Jos\u00e9 Luis Bustamante y Rivero served as president of Peru from 1945 to 1948. A lawyer from Arequipa, he represented a coalition of middle- and upper-class elements. His presidency was supported by APRA, which gained a majority in the lower house and half the Senate seats. However, Bustamante pursued an independent course, leading APRA to withdraw its support. Following an abortive insurrection by APRA in Callao, Bustamante outlawed the party.12

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Manuel A. Odría
José Bustamente. In October 1948 he headed a military junta which deposed Bustamente and Odría was proclaimed provisional president. Odría promptly dissolved the legislature, declared military rule, and proceeded to take measures to restore the Peruvian economy and political stability, seeking technical assistance and private…
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José Bustamente. In October 1948 he headed a military junta which deposed Bustamente and Odría was proclaimed provisional president. Odría promptly dissolved the legislature, declared military rule, and proceeded to take measures to restore the Peruvian economy and political stability, seeking technical assistance and private…
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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
…and threw its support behind José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, who won the presidential election. Haya de la Torre, nonetheless, then 50, really controlled the government. His supporters in the Congress, however, were unable to pass their reformist measures over the conservative opposition. In 1947 Bustamante outlawed the People’s Party,…
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…and threw its support behind José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, who won the presidential election. Haya de la Torre, nonetheless, then 50, really controlled the government. His supporters in the Congress, however, were unable to pass their reformist measures over the conservative opposition. In 1947 Bustamante outlawed the People’s Party,…
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Peru
Troubled democracy
…presidential candidacy in 1945 of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, a lawyer from Arequipa with liberal leanings, who represented a coalition of middle- and upper-class elements. APRA, again a legal party, obtained a majority of seats in the lower house and half the seats in the Senate. Bustamante generally followed…
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…presidential candidacy in 1945 of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, a lawyer from Arequipa with liberal leanings, who represented a coalition of middle- and upper-class elements. APRA, again a legal party, obtained a majority of seats in the lower house and half the seats in the Senate. Bustamante generally followed…
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