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Felipe Santiago Salaverry del Solar (* Lima, May 3, 1806 - † Arequipa, February 18, 1836), military man and Peruvian politician. He was the youngest President of Perú and the youngest to die. He was a very enlightened military man, fond of reading and possessing a talent for writing. In 1835 he rebelled against the president Luis Jose de Orbegoso and took the power. He ruled barely a year, from February 1835 to February 1836. He led his country in the face of the Bolivian invasion. Defeated and captured by Andrés de Santa Cruz, he was shot dead after a summary trial.

Early Years
Son of Felipe Santiago Salaverry Ayerdi, and The Dame limeña Micaela del Solar Duque de Estrada. He studied Latin grammar at the National University of San Marcos (1817) And rhetoric and Latin at the Royal Conviction of San Carlos (1818-1819). As an intern he studied mathematics, logic and music at the College of San Fernando (1820). These had become centers of discussion of emancipation.

At the end of 1820, when he was only fourteen years old, he escaped from his parents' house and presented himself to General San Martín at the headquarters in Huaura, with Juan Antonio Pezet. His military career began in the patriot army fighting Spanish military forces in South America, where he showed courage and audacity, it was the beginning of a dizzying military career leading ultimately to the presidency.

Military Career
He joined as a cadet in the batallón “Numancia” And served under the order of the general Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales in the second campaign of the central highlands. He then excelled in the first Battle of Callao and was promoted to lieutenant, on January 15 of 1822.

Her served with Battalion Nº 1 of the Peruvian Legion as a second lieutenant, winning to the difficult battles of Torata y Moquegua, during the primera expedición a puertos intermedios (1823).

Ascending to captain, he participated in the battles of Junín y Ayacucho (1824), And then participated in the operations that the Marshal Antonio José de Sucre directed in the Upper Perú, figuring into the construction of Potosí.

He returned to Lima in 1825 and was promoted to sergeant major in charge of guarding the barracks of the battalion Granaderos No. 9, where he had to put down a mutiny led by Lieutenant Colonel Alejandro Huavique. He himself fought with the rebel officer and killed him to the astonishment of his troops. (March 23 of 1828). He then received the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In 1829 he was appointed field assistant to the president José de La Mar, accompanying him during the Gran Columbia-Peru War. He assisted in the actions of Saraguro (February 13) and the Battle of Tarqui (February 27). Captured and brought to the headquarters of Piura, he was made a prisoner. Only to be released to be overthrown La Mar. Released, remained in Piura and was noted as a supporter of the deposed leader, Then traveled to Lima, determined to depart from politics, but President Gamarra offered him the subprefecture and the military command of Tacna en 1831. Salaverry aceptó y partió a Tacna, donde se casó con doña Juana Pérez.

Descendants
In 1830, Had an illegitimate child as a result of his relationship María Vicenta Ramírez Duarte, this son would be the poet Carlos Augusto Salaverry. Two years later, on July 12th of 1832, In the Parish of San Pedro de Tacna, married Dona Juana Pérez Palza de Infantas, with whom she had a son, Felipe Alejandro Augusto Salaverry Pérez, who married Carmen Olavegoya, sister of the businessman Domingo Olavegoya Iriarte.

Véase también

 * Historia del Perú entre 1821 y 1842