Andrés de Santa Cruz

President of Peru

5 December 1792 La Paz, Upper Peru, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

25 September 1865(1865-09-25) (72) Beauvoir, France

27 January 1827 – 9 June 1827

19th-century general and political leader in Peru and Bolivia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Andrés de Santa Cruz" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2013 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Santa Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Calahumana. Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (Spanish pronunciation:  ( listen ) ; 5 December 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a general and politician who served as the 7th President of Peru in 1827, the Interim President of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the 6th President of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839. He also served as Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation from 1836 to 1839, a political entity created mainly by his personal endeavors.