Guillermo Billinghurst

President of Peru

Guillermo Enrique Billinghurst Angulo July 27, 1851 Arica, Peru

June 28, 1915(1915-06-28) (63) Iquique, Chile

September 24, 1912 – February 4, 1914

This article is about the Peruvian president. For other uses, see Billinghurst (disambiguation). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Billinghurst and the second or maternal family name is Angulo. Guillermo Enrique Billinghurst Angulo (Arica, July 27, 1851 – Iquique, June 28, 1915) was a Peruvian politician who served as the 31st President of Peru. He succeeded Augusto B. Leguía, from 1912 to 1914. Billinghurst was of part English descent. The surname Billinghurst is a locational name 'of Billinghurst' a parish in Sussex, England. During his presidency, Billinghurst became embroiled in an increasingly bitter series of conflicts with Congress, ranging from proposed advanced social legislation to settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute. This provoked a military uprising organized by civilian opponents to his regime who used the military to carry out a coup. As a result of the uprising, Billinghurst was sent into exile in Chile where he died shortly thereafter.