Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (May 5, 1892 – May 17, 1974) was a Venezuelan-born Peruvian admiral and politician. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. He returned to Peru with his family in 1895. In 1908, he enrolled at the Naval Academy of Peru and graduated in 1912. He went to France on the cruiser Comandante Aguirre and returned to Peru in 1915. He later served on the cruiser Almirante Grau. He was minister of health (1936–1937), navy and aviation (1937–1939), navy (1948–1955) and economy and finance (February–June 1948) in the Government of Peru. He served under Presidents Óscar Benavides, José Bustamante y Rivero and Manuel A. Odría. He eventually rose to the rank of vice admiral in the Peruvian Navy.
References
- Chirinos Soto, Enrique: Historia de la República / 1930 -1985. Tomo II. Desde Sánchez Cerro hasta Alan García. Lima, AFA Editores, 1985.
- Ortiz Sotelo, Jorge – Castañeda Martos, Alicia: Diccionario Biográfico Marítimo Peruano. Asociación de Historia Marítima y Naval Iberoamericana, Lima, 2007. Impreso por Jhire Grafel S.R.L. ISBN 978-9972-877-06-3
- El Mariscal Benavides, su vida y su obra. 1976, 1981. Lima, Editorial Atlántida, 2 volúmenes.
- Llosa Pazos, Juan Carlos: El Vicealmirante Roque Saldías Maninat y la modernización de la Armada del Perú, Revista de Marina Volumen N° 1 2005
External links
- [REDACTED] Media related to Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded byFortunato Quesada Larrea | Minister of Health of Peru October 23, 1936 – October 29, 1937 |
Succeeded byRafael Escardó |
| Preceded byHéctor F. Mercado Silva | Minister of Navy and Aviation October 29, 1937 – December 8, 1939 |
Succeeded byFederico Díaz Dulanto |
| Preceded byJosé R. Alzamora Freundt | Prime Minister of Peru February 27–June 17, 1948 |
Succeeded byArmando Revoredo Iglesias |
| Preceded byMariano H. Melgar Conde | Minister of Navy of Peru 1948–1955 |
Succeeded byAlfredo Souza Almandoz |
| Preceded byLuis Echecopar García | Minister of Economy and Finance February 27–June 17, 1948 |
Succeeded byManuel B. Llosa |
| Preceded byZenón Noriega Agüero | Prime Minister of Peru August 9, 1954 – July 28, 1956 |
Succeeded byManuel Cisneros Sánchez |