Agustin Gamarra y Messia ( Spanish: Agustín Gamarra y Messia ; August 27, 1785 , Cuzco - November 18, 1841 , Bolivia ) - Peruvian military, statesman and politician, Grand Marshal of Peru ( 1828 ). Twice he became president of Peru - the first time from September 1, 1829 to December 20, 1833 , the second time - from August 25, 1838 to July 11, 1840 as interim president , and from July 11, 1840 to November 18, 1841 .
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| Predecessor | Antonio Gutierrez de la Fuente | ||||||
| Successor | Francisco Javier de Luna Pizarro | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Andres de Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Successor | Manuel Menendez | ||||||
| Birth | August 27, 1785 | ||||||
| Death | November 18, 1841 (56 years old) | ||||||
| Burial place | "Pastor Matias Maestro" | ||||||
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Augustine Gammara chose a military career, from his youth he fought against the royalists of Peru, fought in the War of Independence of Peru under the command of Andrés de Santa Cruz . He participated in the Battle of Ayacucho , after the invasion of Bolivia in 1828, received the title of Marshal.
After the defeat of Jose de la Mara in the war with Greater Colombia and after his overthrow, he became President of Peru for a short time, succeeding interim president Antonio Gutierrez de la Fuente . A peace treaty with Greater Columbia was signed already in the reign of Gamarra.
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The government of Gamarra followed the opposite course to supporters of constitutional reform that limited executive power; he rejected the 1828 constitution.
Gamarra was often forced to leave the capital in order to prevent and suppress uprisings in various parts of the country in an attempt to maintain its territorial integrity and unity, during such expeditions he left his predecessor Antonio Gutierrez de la Fuente as his deputy.
The main idea of Gamarra at that time was the idea of annexation of Bolivia , he shared this idea with Andres de Santa Cruz, the then president of Bolivia . But the idea of Gamarra did not find wide support because then Bolivia felt itself already an independent state, despite the fact that it was separated from Peru in 1824 by General Antonio Sucre .
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In 1835 , when Orbegoso was forced to sign an agreement with Andres de Santa Cruz on the creation of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation , Gamarra strongly opposed this. Gamarra, with the help of Chile, began armed resistance, which led to the battle of Yungai, where Santa Cruz was completely defeated.
During his second presidency, Gamarra was forced to confront various separatist movements in the country, uprisings and subversive activities organized by neighbors. In the next war with Bolivia at the Battle of Ingavi in 1841, Gamarra was defeated by Bolivian troops and was killed.
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