Fernando Belaúnde

Fernando Belaúnde Terry was a Peruvian architect and politician who served as president of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and 1980 to 1985.

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre: Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance and shaped twentieth-century politics. Belaúnde’s rival and contemporary, Haya de la Torre led APRA, the party that repeatedly opposed his political project.
1962 Peruvian coup d'état: A military coup that removed Peru’s president-elect and triggered new elections. The coup blocked Belaúnde’s first electoral victory and set the conditions for his 1963 election.
Carretera Marginal de la Selva: A highway project intended to connect settlements along the eastern foothills of the Andes across several South American countries. Belaúnde championed the Peruvian section as a way to open and connect the Amazonian interior.
Peruvian Revolution of 1968: A military-led transformation of Peru beginning with the 1968 coup against Fernando Belaúnde. Belaúnde’s removal inaugurated a period of sweeping state-led reforms under military rule.
Juan Velasco Alvarado's agrarian reform: A sweeping land redistribution program introduced by Peru’s military government beginning in 1969. Velasco’s reform went much further than the gradual land policies Belaúnde pursued before his overthrow.
Juan Velasco Alvarado: Peruvian general who led the 1968 coup and governed Peru until 1975. Velasco overthrew Belaúnde’s first government and launched a military reform program sharply different from his approach.
1968 Peruvian coup d'état: A military coup that removed President Fernando Belaúnde and brought the armed forces to power. The coup ended Belaúnde’s first term and began Peru’s Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces.
Inter-American Highway: A road network connecting countries across North, Central, and South America. Belaúnde promoted road construction as a means of linking Peru with wider continental transport routes.
Peruvian transition to democracy: The restoration of elected civilian government in Peru after military rule from 1968 to 1980. Belaúnde returned to office in 1980 as Peru’s military government transferred power to civilians.
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance: A Peruvian political party founded by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre in 1924. APRA competed with Belaúnde’s Popular Action and frequently opposed his administrations in Congress.

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Francisco Morales BermúdezCompared with: Belaúnde was the civilian president displaced by military rule and returned to office after Morales Bermúdez.