Francisco Morales Bermúdez
(Lima, 1921) Peruvian military and politician and military, president of the republic between 1975 and 1980.He studied with the Jesuits at the La Inmaculada school and later at the Escuela Military of Chorrillos, from which he graduated in 1943 with the rank of second lieutenant in engineering, also awarded the Sword of honor for his excellence in studies.It was also the first of his promotion in the engineering student officer courses and in those that qualified the degrees of lieutenant and captain, respectively, in the engineering weapon.
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Later he graduated as an officer of the General Staff at the Higher School of War of Peru, where he obtained the Badge of honor, again for being the first in the ratings.During 1957 and 1958 he studied at the Higher School of War of the Argentine Army.Back in Peru, he was a professor at the Chorrillos Military School, at the Engineering Application School and at the Superior War School.Later he attended the Centro de Altos Estudios Militares (CAEM), from which he graduated with an outstanding grade; He also traveled to the United States to study at the National War College.
In his capacity as a military engineer, he began the construction of the road to Rioja-Tarapoto.In 1962 he undertook the restructuring of the Electoral Registry of Peru, which remained in force until the 1980 elections.Regarding his political work, he was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1969 to 1973, and of Finance and Commerce in the first half of 1968.In January 1974 he became Chief of the General Staff of the Army; in February of the following year he was appointed Prime Minister and Minister of War.
On August 29, 1975, Francisco Morales Bermúdez overthrew Juan Velasco Alvarado and proclaimed himself President of the Republic, a position he held until July 28, 1980.From the presidency, Morales Bermúdez organized the transition to democracy, calling the Constituent Assembly that was installed in July 1978 and promulgated the new Constitution in July 1979.
Finally, he called democratic elections in May 1980, transferring power on 28 July of that year to Fernando Belaúnde Terry.In 1983 he founded the political group Democratic Front of National Unity, for which he was a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic in 1985.Later he became interested in promoting the study of national problems, by founding the Center for Studies of Reality Peruvian (CERP).
Morales Bermúdez is the author of several books, including National Project (1984) and Authoritarianism and Democracy (1989).He also served as honorary director of the Economic Council of the Pacific Basin and, since 1981, as a professor at the Center for Advanced Military Studies.Awarded with the Palmas Sanmartinianas from the Instituto Nacional Sanmartiniano of the Argentine Republic, he belonged as an honorary member to the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Peru and was an honorary professor at the National University of San Martín.The department of Ucayali named him a favorite son in gratitude for the creation of said department in 1980, when Morales Bermúdez was president.
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