Background
ROTALDE, Carlos was born on January 22, 1886 in Lima, Peru.
ROTALDE, Carlos was born on January 22, 1886 in Lima, Peru.
Educated Seminario de Santo Toribio, 1897-1899, Escuela Naval, 1900-1905, Escuela Superior dc Guerra Naval, 1931-1932.
Director, 1931; corvette captain, 1917. Commandant, river flotilla, Loreto, 1918. 2d commandant, cruiser Bolognesi, 1919.
Captain, port of Moliendo, 1922, port of Pisco, 1923. Frigate captain, 1924. Naval attaché in Brazil, 1924.
Commandant, transport Rimac, 1925. Chief of general stall of the fleet, 1926-1927. Commandant, naval base, San Lorenzo, 1928.
Assistant director of administration, ministry of navy, 1929, chief of general staff, 1930, 1933, 1936, 1940. Minister of navy and aviation, 1930, 1933-1935. Ship captain, 1931; commandant general of the fleet, 1932, 1936-1940.
Rear admiral, 1941; on naval commission in the United States, 1941-1942. Officer, El Sol del Perú, Ayacucho, Vasco Núñez dc Balboa (Panama), Legion of Merit (United States of America), Crown of Italy.
Member commit on Bolivian boundary, 1913. Member superior council, ministry of navy, 1943.