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Felipe Braun | |
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| Otto Philipp Braun | |
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| Minister of War and Navy of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation | |
| In office 9 July 1838 – 22 February 1839 | |
| President | Andrés de Santa Cruz |
| Preceded by | Anselmo Quiroz |
| Succeeded by | José Ballivián (As Minister of War of Bolivia) |
| Minister of War and Navy of Bolivia | |
| In office 22 June 1835 – 25 July 1835 | |
| President | Andrés de Santa Cruz |
| Preceded by | José Miguel de Velasco |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel del Castillo |
| In office 11 May 1836 – 28 March 1838 | |
| President | Andrés de Santa Cruz |
| Preceded by | José Manuel del Castillo |
| Succeeded by | Anselmo Quiroz (As Minister of War and Navy of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1798 Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (now Germany) |
| Died | July 24, 1869 Bad Wildungen, Kassel |
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| Battles/wars | |
Otto Philipp Braun (13 December 1798 – 24 July 1869, also known as Felipe Braun during his time in South America) was one of the most successful foreign volunteers participating in the independence war of South America. He was an important supporter of Simon Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre and later of Andrés de Santa Cruz. In 1838 Braun was awarded the title “Great Marshal of Montenegro” being Bolivia's only Great Marshal and South America's only foreign Marshal to this day.