Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro

Infobox Officeholder
name = Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro


nationality = Peruvian
order = Interim President of Peru
term_start = September 20, 1822
term_end = September 22, 1822
order2 = Interim President of Peru
term_start2 = December 20, 1833
term_end2 = December 21, 1833
predecessor = José de San Martín
predecessor2 = Agustín Gamarra
successor = José La Mar
successor2 = Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada
birth_date = November 3, 1780
birth_place = Arequipa, Peru
death_date = death date and age|1855|2|9|1780|11|3
death_place = Lima, Peru
profession = Priest

Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780 in Arequipa, Perú – 1855 in Lima, Peru), a Peruvian priest and politician, was briefly Interim President of Peru twice in 1822 and 1833.

Early years and Education

Educated in his native city and later at the University of Cusco, he taught theology and law at the seminary of Arequipa. He traveled to Spain and witnessed the resistance to the Napoleonic invasion. When he returned to Peru he was named rector of the College of Medicine of San Fernando.

War of Independence

He then participated in the efforts for the independence of Peru and was the president of the first Constituent Congress of 1822 and wrote the constitution of 1823. After José de San Martín renounced as the "Protector of Peru", Luna de Pizaro was chosen as interim President until the investiture of José de La Mar.

He supported the government of La Mar but, after the Junta which La Mar presided was dissolved, he retired from political life. In 1827, he once again became President of Congress and, in accordance with his functions, he once again was briefly chosen as interim President of Peru in 1833 until the investiture of General Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada.

In 1846 he was named archbishop of Lima.

References

ee also

* Politics of Peru
* List of Presidents of Peru