Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias

President of Peru

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1874

Place of Birth: Pisco, Ica, Peru

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1951

Profession: lawyer, politician, magistrate

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias (12 September 1874 in Pisco, Peru – 20 March 1951 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian soldier and politician who briefly served as the Interim President of Peru.
officially as the President of the Provisional Government Junta, between March 1 and March 5, 1931.He organized one of the various movements that caused the fall of president Augusto B.
Leguía.
After General Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was named provisional president, Elías was not satisfied and soon moved against him.
In March 1931, Sánchez Cerro left the presidency to his vice president Olguín, who was soon deposed and Elías occupied the presidency.
He himself, however, was deposed by Gustavo Jiménez only four days later.
He remained in the new government as President of the Supreme Court until 1932.