Manuel A. OdrÃa

Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti (* November 26, 1897 in Tarma, † February 18, 1974 in Lima ) was a Peruvian general and politician, was 1948-1956 at the head of a military government president of Peru.

Life

Odría was born in Tarma, a city in the central Andes east of Lima ( Junín Region ). He obtained in 1915 as Best in its class to complete the Military School of Chorrillos. It was as a lieutenant colonel of the army one of the heroes of the war with Ecuador in 1941, Peru in the conquered vast disputed territory in the Amazon region. Then he went on in a short time to the general.

In 1945 Peruvian President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, with the support of the APRA. Then there were discrepancies between Bustamante and Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, founder of the APRA. The President disbanded his consisting of APRA members of the cabinet and replaced it with a government which consisted mostly of military personnel. Odría, a staunch opponent of the APRA, became Minister of Government and police. 1948 urged Odría and other right-wing forces President Bustamante to ban the APRA. When the president refused to Odría resigned from his cabinet post. On October 29, 1948, he took over in a military coup even power in the state.

Presidency

The reign Odria resembled the era of Juan Domingo Perón in Argentina. Odría fought especially the APRA, which he did a favor especially the oligarchy and the Peruvian right, but how Perón he pursued a strongly populist policies, which earned him followers among the poor and the lower class. An economic boom allowed him to spread social good deeds. At the same time, however, civil rights were severely restricted, and under his reign there was corruption. 1950 Odría handed the presidency for a short time Zenón Noriega Agüero formally to let yourself acknowledge as the only candidate in presidential elections by the people. In the country there was the fear that his government will never give up power; therefore surprised his announcement to be deterred 1956 general elections in which he would not stand as a presidential candidate. In the selection of former President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche again came into office.

The period after 1956

In the next presidential election in 1962, however Odría ran as candidate of the right. According to the official result, which was overshadowed by allegations of forgery, Odría was charged with 28 % of the vote third behind Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre and Fernando Belaúnde Terry, but achieved none of the candidates provided for in the Constitution minimum of one-third of the votes for a successful choice, and the decision about the president was up to the Peruvian Congress. It seemed that would Odría elected president due to a pact with Haya de la Torre to the General Ricardo Pérez Godoy came the election a coup earlier and took power with the aim to bring about new elections. These took place in 1963; Odría was with 26% of votes in turn a third party; Belaúnde Terry won with 39% and became the new president.

During the reign Belaúndes Odría and Haya de la Torre formed a parliamentary alliance, the coalition of APRA and the UN; Belaúnde often had to make political concessions. After the deposition Belaúndes by a military coup in 1968, Odría pulled out of the political life of Peru largely alleviated.

Manuel Odría died on 18 February 1974 in Lima and was, according to his wish, buried in the cathedral of his native town.

Awards (selection)

Agencies of the Federal Cross of Merit (special stage of the Grand Cross )
Of the Order El Sol del Perú
Of the Order of the Liberator San Martin
Military person (Peru )
President ( Peru)
Freemason (19th Century )
Freemason ( 20th century)
Freemasons (Peru )
Peruvian
Born 1897
Died in 1974
Man

Peruvian Army American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Guillermo Billinghurst Óscar R. Benavides

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Manuel A. OdrÃ­a

Life

Presidency

The period after 1956

Awards (selection)

Manuel A. OdrÃa