Background
Manuel Apolinario Odría was born on 26 November 1907.
government official military politician president
Manuel Apolinario Odría was born on 26 November 1907.
Graduated from the Chorrillos Military Academy (1919) and studied at the Escuela Superior de Guerra ( 1927-1929), of which he later served as director.
Odria was promoted to brigadier general by Congress in 1946. The following year he became minister of the interior of President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. whom he ousted from power on October 29, 1948.