{{Short description|Peruvian politician (1899–1969)}} {{family name hatnote|Flores|Medina|lang=Hispanic American}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Luis Alberto Flores Medina | image = Luis A Flores.jpg | office = [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Supreme Chief of the Revolutionary Union]] | term_start = April 30, 1933<ref name=Tauro>{{Cite book|title=Enciclopedia ilustrada del Perú: FER-GUZ|last=Tauro del Pino|first=Alberto|publisher=[[El Comercio (Peru)|Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A.]]|year=2001|isbn=9972401499|location=Lima|pages=993|language=Spanish}}</ref> | term_end = 1960 | predecessor = [[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Las relaciones entre el Perú e Italia (1821-2002) |last=Valdez Arroyo |first=Flor de María |publisher=[[PUCP]] |year=2003 |isbn=9972426262 |edition=1st |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/181819}}</ref> | successor = | office1 = [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister of Peru]] | term_start1 = April 13, 1932 | term_end1 = May 20, 1932 | prime_minister1 = [[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro]] | predecessor1 = {{ill|Francisco Lanatta|es|Francisco Lanatta}} | successor1 = {{ill|Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo|es|Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo|lt=Ricardo Rivadeneira}} | office2 = [[Ministry of the Interior (Peru)|Minister of Government and Police]] | term_start2 = January 28, 1932 | term_end2 = May 20, 1932 | predecessor2 = [[José Manuel García Bedoya|José Manuel García]] | successor2 = {{ill|Julio Chávez Cabello|es|Julio Chávez Cabello|lt=Julio Chávez}} | office3 = [[Ministry of Defence (Peru)|Minister of Navy and Aviation]] | term_start3 = May 3, 1933 | term_end3 = June 26, 1933 | predecessor3 = [[Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco|Alfredo Benavides]] | successor3 = {{ill|Carlos Rotalde|es|Carlos Rotalde}} | office4 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Deputy of the Constituent Congress]] | term_start4 = December 8, 1931 | term_end4 = December 8, 1936 | predecessor4 = Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | successor4 = ''Position abolished'' | office5 = [[Piura Department|Senator of Piura]] | term_start5 = 1947 | term_end5 = 1948 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | office6 = [[List of ambassadors of Peru to Italy|Ambassador of Peru to Italy]] | term_start6 = 1948 | term_end6 = 1950 | predecessor6 = [[Ricardo Rivera Schreiber]] | successor6 = {{ill|José Félix Aramburú Salinas|es|José Félix Aramburú Salinas|lt=José Félix Aramburú}} | office7 = [[List of diplomatic missions of Peru|Ambassador of Peru to Nicaragua]] and [[List of ambassadors of Peru to Paraguay|Paraguay]] | term_start7 = 1956 | term_end7 = 1962 | predecessor7 = | successor7 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1899|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Ayabaca]], [[Peru]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|5|28|1899|10|11}} | death_place = [[Lima]], Peru | party = [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]] | alma_mater = [[National University of San Marcos]] }} '''Luis Alberto Flores Medina''' ([[Ayabaca]], October 11, 1899 — [[Lima]], May 28, 1969) was a Peruvian lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was the Supreme Chief of the [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]], a [[Fascism|fascist]] [[political party|party]] modelled after its [[National Fascist Party|Italian counterpart]], after the assassination of the party's founder, [[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro]].<ref name=Tauro/><ref>{{Cite book |title=Historia de la República del Perú [1822–1933] |last=Basadre Grohmann |first=Jorge |publisher=[[El Comercio (Peru)|Producciones Cantabria S.A.C]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-612-306-353-5 |location=Lima |pages=143–144 |language=es |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/stein/wp-content/uploads/sites/734/2020/07/TOMO-XV-HP-Basadre.pdf |volume=15 |author-link=Jorge Basadre}}</ref> He also served as a [[Deputy (legislator)|deputy]] for [[Lima Department|Lima]] and as [[Senator]] for [[Piura Department|Piura]] and Minister of [[Ministry of Defence (Peru)|Navy and Aviation]], [[Ministry of the Interior (Peru)|Government and Police]] and [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru]].<ref name=Tauro/>
==Early life== Flores was born in [[Ayabaca]], [[Piura]], on October 11, 1899.<ref name=Tauro/> He grew up in a neighbourhood popular for its cuisine known as "La Mangachería",<ref name=early>{{Cite book |title=Una guía para leer a Mario Vargas Llosa |last=Granés |first=Carlos |publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España |year=2014 |isbn=9788420418100 |pages=198 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXDSAwAAQBAJ}}</ref> and took part in right-wing academic circles growing up.<ref name=bio>{{Cite journal |title=BALANCE Y LIQUIDACION DE UNA EPOCA VIOLENTA |journal=Presente |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKRQAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA22-PA6 |date=1957-04-20 |issue=20 |pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=America y la Hispanidad en el Paraguay |publisher=Impreso en los Tall. Gráf. EMASA |year=1960 |pages=31 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_zqp6m0ChEC |quote=RECORDACION DEL EMBAJADOR PERUANO DOCTOR LUIS A. FLORES}}</ref>
==Political career== Flores was part of [[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro]]'s cabinet, as well as an ''urrista'',<ref name=early/> i.e. a member of his political party, [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]].<ref name=bio/> Under Sánchez Cerro, Flores served as [[Prime Minister of Peru|Prime Minister]], and [[Ministry of the Interior (Peru)|Minister of Government and Police]] (1932), as well as [[Ministry of Defense (Peru)|Minister of Navy and Aviation]] (1933) and member of [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress]] (1931–1936).<ref name=Tauro/> After Sánchez Cerro's assassination, he took over his political party and modelled it after [[Italian fascism]].<ref name=bio/>
After the annulment of the [[1936 Peruvian general election]], Flores and his party reportedly planned a [[coup d'état]] which was discovered, leading to his exile in [[Presidential Republic (1925–1973)|Chile]], where he supported himself using the funds he gained from his ''hacienda'' in [[Cajamarca]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=El Fascista Que no Fue |url=https://caretas.pe/archivo-expiatorio/el-fascista-que-no-fue/ |last=Jochamowitz |first=Luis |date=2018-04-19 |work=[[Caretas]]}}</ref>
==Later life== Flores returned to Peru in the early 1940s and reorganized his political party,<ref>{{Cite journal |title=PARTIDOS POLITICOS: REORGANIZACION |journal=Presente |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKRQAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA13-PA11 |date=1957-02-16 |issue=20 |pages=11–12}}</ref> which never achieved the same results it reached in 1936.<ref>{{Cite news |title=¿Quién fue Luis Alberto Flores, considerado el 'primer fascista' de Perú en la historia? |url=https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/respuestas/2022/11/28/quien-fue-luis-alberto-flores-considerado-el-primer-fascista-de-peru-en-la-historia-evat/ |last=Espiritu |first=Mary Sue |date=2022-11-28 |work=[[La República (Peru)|La República]]}}</ref>
He later served as deputy for his native [[Piura]], as well as ambassador of Peru in [[List of ambassadors of Peru to Italy|Italy]] and [[Paraguay]], where he made comments in support of the ''[[Hispanidad]]''.<ref name=bio/>
He died in [[Lima]] on May 28, 1969.<ref name=Tauro/>
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