Background
MARTÍNEZ LEDESMA, Pedro was born on June 29, 1875 in Junín. Son of Miguel N. Martínez and Sebastiana Ledesma.
MARTÍNEZ LEDESMA, Pedro was born on June 29, 1875 in Junín. Son of Miguel N. Martínez and Sebastiana Ledesma.
Graduated 2d leutnant of cavalry, Escuela Militar de Chorrillos.
Lieutenant, 1899; captain, 1901. Sergeant major, 1905. Lieutenant colonel, 1909.
Colonel, 1916; general of brigade, 1926. In the Military School: professor and instructor in the Upper Division (1901), commandant of the Section of Applied Cavalry (1909), director of the School of Cavalry. In the Ministry of War: chief of cavalry regiments Nos.
9, 3, and 1 (1912, 1914, and 1915 respectively), inspector of cavalry (1916), assistant chief of the General Staff (1917), chief of the General Staff (1918). Prefect of Cuzco, 1917. Prefect of Lima, 1923.
Director-general of police and of the Civil Guard, 1929. Peruvian delegate to the Fifth Police Conference of Paris, 1929.
Bolivarian Society; Círculo Militar. National Club; Country Club. Union Club; International Revolver Club.
Social Club of Magdalena del March.
Married Teresa Maxera de Martínez. Children: Teresa, Rebeca, Alfonso, and Napoleón.