Francisco Morales-Bermúdez

59th President of Peru 2nd President of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Government of Peru

4 October 1921 Lima, Peru

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29 August 1975 – 28 July 1980

Peruvian general and politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morales Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Cerruti. Francisco Morales Bermúdez Cerruti (born 4 October 1921) is a general who was the President of Peru (2nd President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces) between 1975 and 1980, after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco. His grandfather and all his original family were from the old Peruvian department of Tarapacá, which is now part of Chile. Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced, he was forced to return power to civilian rule, marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces installed by a coup d'etat on 3 October 1968. At age 99, he is currently the oldest living former Peruvian president.