Background
MERCADO, Luis was born on September 19, 1919 in Barranco, Lima. Son of Doctor Alejandro Mercado Balltin and Florinda Jarrin de Mercado.
MERCADO, Luis was born on September 19, 1919 in Barranco, Lima. Son of Doctor Alejandro Mercado Balltin and Florinda Jarrin de Mercado.
Primary and secondary school, Colegio la Libertad de Moquegua, Escuela Militar de Chorrillos.
Director of Army Intelligence. Delegation of Peruvian Army to several inter-American army conferences Guest lecturer to United States Army, Fort Holabird and Fort Bragg.
Commdt.-General Centro do Instruction Militar del Peru 1968.
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1968-1971. Army Chief of Staff January-Dee.
1972. Prime Minister and Minister of War 1973-1975.
Married Gladys Neumann Teran de Mercado in 1951.