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Ricardo Perez Godoy
Ricardo Pio Perez Godoy was a general of the Peruvian army who launched a coup d'etat in July 1962 and headed a military junta until March 1963.
Three main candidates participated in the Peruvian presidential elections of June 10, 1962: Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder and leader of the APRA, future president Fernando Belaunde Terry, and former dictator Manuel A. Odria. Haya de la Torra gained most of the votes according to the official results, one percentage point ahead of Belaunde.
However, none of the candidates reached the margin of one-third of the votes needed to become president. ...
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