List of Peruvian coups d'état

The following is a list of the coups d'état (including plots, failed and successful attempts and armed conflicts) that have taken place in Peru during its independent history.

No.	Name	Date	Result	Consequences
1	Balconcillo mutiny	February 27, 1823	Success	Carried out by a group of soldiers who demanded the appointment of José de la Riva Agüero as president. It dissolved the Supreme Governing Junta.
2	1829 Peruvian coup d'état	June 7, 1839	Success	Carried out in Piura by general Agustín Gamarra and a group of officers against José de La Mar.
3	1835 Peruvian coup d'état	February 23, 1835	Success	Carried out by Felipe Santiago Salaverry against President of the Council of Ministers, Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano, while President Luis José de Orbegoso was in the south of the country.[1]
4	1842 Peruvian coup d'état	August 16, 1842	Success	Carried out by colonel Juan Crisóstomo Torrico against President of the Council of Ministers Manuel Menéndez.
5	1865 Peruvian coup d'état	November 25, 1865	Success	Carried out by the heads of the Peruvian Army against President Pedro Diez Canseco for not taking quick and drastic measures regarding the problem with Spain. The next day, the people of Lima met in an open cabildo at the Plaza de Armas, proclaiming Mariano Ignacio Prado as president.
6	1872 Peruvian coup d'état	July 22, 1872	Failure	Brothers Tomás, Silvestre, Marceliano and Marcelino Gutiérrez carried out a coup against José Balta due to the incumbent presidency of civilian Manuel Pardo y Lavalle.[2]
7	1879 Peruvian coup d'état	December 23, 1879	Success	Carried out by Nicolás de Piérola against first Vice President Luis La Puerta while President Mariano Ignacio Prado was outside the country, purchasing arms to use in the war against Chile.
8	1909 Peruvian coup d'état	May 29, 1909	Failure	Carried out by Carlos de Piérola [es] against President Augusto B. Leguía.[3][4]
9	1914 Peruvian coup d'état	February 4, 1914	Success	Carried out by colonel Oscar R. Benavides against President Guillermo Billinghurst.[5]
10	1919 Peruvian coup d'état	July 4, 1919	Success	Carried out by president-elect Augusto B. Leguía against President José Pardo y Barreda.[6]
11	1930 Peruvian coup d'état	August 22, 1930	Success	Carried out by commander Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against President Augusto B. Leguía.[7]
12	1948 Peruvian coup d'état	October 29, 1948	Success	Carried out by commander Manuel A. Odría and right-wing associates against President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.[8]
13	1962 Peruvian coup d'état	July 18, 1962	Success	Carried out by the Armed Forces under Ricardo Pérez Godoy against President Manuel Prado Ugarteche.[9]
14	1968 Peruvian coup d'état	October 3, 1968	Success	Carried out by general Juan Velasco Alvarado against President Fernando Belaúnde.[10][11]
15	1975 Peruvian coup d'état	August 29, 1975	Success	Carried out by General Francisco Morales Bermúdez, then President of the Council of Ministers, against Juan Velasco Alvarado.[12]
16	1992 Peruvian self-coup	April 5, 1992	Success	Carried out by President Alberto Fujimori with the support of the Armed Forces, dissolving Congress and closing other State-owned institutions.[13][14]
17	1992 Peruvian counter-coup	November 13, 1992	Foiled	Plotted by retired general Jaime Salinas Sedó [es] alongside a group of army soldiers against President Alberto Fujimori in an attempt to restore the constitutional order.[15]
18	Locumbazo	October 29, 2000	Failure	Carried out in Locumba by commander Ollanta Humala and retired major Antauro Humala, who demanded the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori.
19	Andahuaylazo	January 1, 2005	Failure	Carried out by retired major Antauro Humala in Andahuaylas with 150 armed reservists, who demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo.
20	2022 Peruvian self-coup	December 7, 2022	Failure	Carried out by President Pedro Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress and other State institutions without the support of the Armed Forces or the Police.[16][17][18][19][20] The national parliament subsequently voted to dismiss him constitutionally, which was approved by a large majority with 102 votes out of 130.[21][22][23] Castillo was subsequently arrested for attempting to break the constitutional order.[24]

See also

• History of Peru
• List of presidents of Peru

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