Augusto B. Leguía

President of Peru

Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo February 19, 1863 Lambayeque, Peru

February 6, 1932(1932-02-06) (68) Callao, Peru

12 October 1919 – 25 August 1930

Peruvian politician and President of Peru (1863-1932) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Leguía and the second or maternal family name is Salcedo. Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (February 19, 1863 – February 6, 1932) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1908 to 1912 and from 1919 to 1930, the latter term known as El Oncenio de Leguía (Leguía's Eleven-Year Rule) in Peru's republican history.