Luis Alberto Flores Medina (

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, October 11, 1899 —

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, May 28, 1969) was a Peruvian lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was the Supreme Chief of the Revolutionary Union, a

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modelled after its Italian counterpart, after the assassination of the party's founder,

Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (August 12, 1889 – April 30, 1933) was a high-ranking Peruvian army officer, revolutionary, nationalist and politician who served as the 41st President of Peru, from 1931 to 1933 as well as Interim President of P ...

. He also served as a

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for

and as

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for

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and Minister of Navy and Aviation, Government and Police and

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Early life

Flores was born in

, on October 11, 1899. He grew up in a neighbourhood popular for its cuisine known as "La Mangachería", and took part in right-wing academic circles growing up.

Political career

Flores was part of

's cabinet, as well as an ''urrista'', i.e. a member of his political party, Revolutionary Union. Under Sánchez Cerro, Flores served as

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, and Minister of Government and Police (1932), as well as Minister of Navy and Aviation (1933) and member of

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(1931–1936). After Sánchez Cerro's assassination, he took over his political party and modelled it after

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. After the annulment of the

1936 Peruvian general election General elections were held in Peru on 11 October 1936.

, Flores and his party reportedly planned a

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which was discovered, leading to his exile in

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, where he supported himself using the funds he gained from his ''hacienda'' in

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Later life

Flores returned to Peru in the early 1940s and reorganized his political party, which never achieved the same results it reached in 1936. He later served as deputy for his native

, as well as ambassador of Peru in

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and

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, where he made comments in support of the ''

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''. He died in

on May 28, 1969.

References

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