1938 in Peru

Peru's Government Palace in 1938

← 1937 1936 1935 1938 in Peru → 1939 1940 1941
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events in 1938 · Timeline of Peruvian history

Events in the year 1938 in Peru.

Incumbents

• President: Óscar R. Benavides
• First Vice President: Ernesto Montagne Markholz
• Second Vice President: Antonio Rodríguez Ramírez
• Prime Minister: Ernesto Montagne Markholz

Events

• December 24 – The Lima Declaration is approved by 21 American countries, affirming the sovereignty of Latin American states.[1]

Births

• May 16 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian linguist, intellectual and sexologist (died 2018)[2]
• July 28 – Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru 1990–2000 (died 2024)[3]

Deaths

• April 15 - César Vallejo, poet (born 1892)

See also

• 1938 Peruvian Primera División

References

1. Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 1872. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.
2. "Peru's famed intellectual Denegri dies aged 80". andina.pe. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
3. Nick Caistor (12 September 2024). "Alberto Fujimori obituary". Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2025.