Andrés Avelino Cáceres
The Wizzard of the Andes Andrés Avelino Cáceres | |
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| 27th and 30th President of Peru | |
| In office 10 August 1894 – 20 March 1895 | |
| Prime Minister | Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes Manuel Irigoyen Larrea |
| Vice President | César Canevaro Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes |
| Preceded by | Justiniano Borgoño (Interim President) |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Candamo (President of the Provisional Government) |
| In office 3 June 1886 – 10 August 1890 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonio Arenas Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans José Nicolas Araníbar y Llano Mariano Santos Álvarez Villegas Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana Raymundo Morales Arias Aurelio Denegri Valega José Mariano Jiménez Wald Manuel Irigoyen Larrea |
| Vice President | Remigio Morales Bermúdez Manuel Irigoyen Larrea |
| Preceded by | Antonio Arenas (President of the Provisional Government) |
| Succeeded by | Remigio Morales |
| Second Vice President of Peru | |
| In office 12 March 1881 – 6 November 1881 | |
| President | Francisco García Calderón |
| Preceded by | Vacant (last held by José Francisco Canevaro in 1879) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant (Aurelio Denegri elected in 1886) |
| Senator from Callao | |
| In office 28 July 1901 – 25 October 1906 | |
| Senator from Ayacucho | |
| In office 28 July 1894 – 10 August 1894 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 28 July 1892 – 28 July 1893 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1836 Ayacucho, Peru |
| Died | 10 October 1923 (aged 86) Lima, Peru |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Political party | Constitutional Party |
| Spouse | Antonia Moreno Leyva |
| Children | 3 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Peru |
| Branch/service | Peruvian Army |
| Years of service | 1854-1901 |
| Rank | Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Peruvian Civil War of 1894-1895 War of the Pacific Peruvian Civil War of 1884-1885 |
Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (10 November 1836 – 10 October 1923) was a Peruvian politician and general who served as the President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th president, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th. He is considered a Peruvian national hero for leading the resistance against the Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), in which he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army.