Luis José de Orbegoso

Infobox Officeholder
name = Luis José de Orbegoso

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nationality = Peruvian
order = 10th President of Peru
term_start = December 21, 1833
term_end = January 4, 1833
predecessor = Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
successor = Pedro Pablo Bermúdez
order2 = President of Peru
term_start2 = April 24, 1834
term_end2 = February 23, 1835
predecessor2 = Pedro Pablo Bermúdez
successor2 = Felipe Santiago Salaverry
order3 = President of Peru
term_start3 = February 7, 1836
term_end3 = August 11, 1836
predecessor3 = Felipe Santiago Salaverry
successor3 = Andrés de Santa Cruz
birth_date = August 25 1795
birth_place = Chuquizongo, Huamachuco
death_date = death date and age|1847|2|5|1795|8|25
death_place = Trujillo, Peru
profession = Soldier

Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada (1795 – 1847), a Peruvian soldier and politician, was President of Peru from 1833 to 1836. This was a time of profound social instability and continuing civil war which led his government to coexist with that of Pedro Pablo Bermúdez, and later with Felipe Santiago Salaverry.

Orbegoso was born in Chuquizongo, Huamachuco, in 1795. He participated with José de San Martín in the war for independence and in the war against Gran Colombia during the government of José de La Mar. After the death of Agustín Gamarra's first government, Orbegoso was elected president in 1833, winning over Pedro Pablo Bermúdez, whom Gamarra had preferred as his successor.

During his government, he suffered the enmity of Gamarra, who while in exile had supported Bermúdez in his eventual presidency. Orbegoso had also to deal with the young Felipe Santiago Salaverry, who overthrew him 1835. Orbegoso, however, did not loose the support of southern Peru and, with the support of then President of Bolivia, Andrés de Santa Cruz, he regained his leadership throughout the country and executed Salaverry. In retribution to the support he received from Santa Cruz, he acceeded to form the new Peru-Bolivian Confederacy. Santa Cruz assumed the "Supreme Protectorship" of the confederation and Orbegoso maintained only the presidency of the Republic of North Peru.

After being defeated by Gamarra's efforts to regain power with the support of Chile, Orbegoso had to abandon the country, returning later and staying away from an active political life. He died in Trujillo in 1847.

References

ee also

* Politics of Peru
* List of Presidents of Peru