Felipe Santiago Salaverry (1805-19 February 1836) was President of Peru from 25 February 1835 to 7 February 1836, succeeding Luis Jose de Orbegoso and preceding Andres de Santa Cruz.
Biography[]
Felipe Santiago Salaverry was born in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru in 1805. He left military college to join José de San Martín's army during the Peruvian War of Independence, and he served as a cavalry commander at the Battle of Junin and the Battle of Ayacucho, the last battles of the war. Salaverry became General Inspector of the Peruvian Army at the age of 28, and he crushed the Callao garrison's mutiny against Luis Jose de Orbegoso in 1835 before himself deposing Orbegoso. Salaverry re-legalized the importation of slaves and sought Andres de Santa Cruz's help against Orbegoso. However, Orbegoso obtained Santa Cruz's help in exchange for handing over a third of Peru to Bolivia, and Salaverry was defeated at Socabaya and captured at Arequipa. Santa Cruz proceeded to have Salaverry and his general staff executed.