Manuel Ponce Brousset
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Manuel María Ponce Brousset (April 5, 1874 in Arequipa, Peru – July 18, 1966 in Lima) briefly served as the President of Peru in August 1930.
After Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro overthrew Augusto B. Leguía's eleven-year dictatorship through a coup d'état in Arequipa, Ponce assumed the two-day interim presidency until Sánchez Cerro arrived in Lima and was designated as Leguía's successor. Brousset died in July 18, 1966 at the age of 92.
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| Preceded byAugusto B. Leguía y Salcedo | President of Peru 1930 | Succeeded byLuis Miguel Sánchez Cerro |