Andrs Avelino Cceres Dorregaray was three times President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1884 to 1885, then from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific , where he fought as a General in the Peruvian Army.
Andrs Avelino Cceres was born on November 10, 1836, in the city of Ayacucho. His father, Don Domingo Cceres y Ore, was a landowner and his mother, Justa Dorregaray Cueva, daughter of the Spanish colonel Demetrio Dorregaray. He was mestizo one of his maternal ancestors was Catalina Wanka, an IncaicaWanka princess. He studied at the Colegio San Ramn in his hometown.
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