Lizardo Montero Flores

Lizardo Montero Flores
Provisional President of Peru
(La Magdalena Government)
In office
November 6, 1881 – October 27, 1883
Prime MinisterLorenzo Iglesias Pino de Arce
Preceded byFrancisco García Calderón
Succeeded byMiguel Iglesias
Personal details
Born(1832-05-27)May 27, 1832
Ayabaca, Peru
DiedFebruary 2, 1905(1905-02-02) (aged 72)
Lima, Peru
Political partyCivilista Party
Military service
Allegiance Peru
Branch/servicePeruvian Navy
Years of service1851–1858, 1862–1881
RankCounter admiral
Battles/warsPeruvian Civil Wars:

Chincha Islands War

War of the Pacific

Juan Lizardo Montero Flores (May 27, 1832 – February 2, 1905) was a Peruvian military officer and politician who held the provisional Presidency of Peru from 1881 to 1883, replacing President Francisco García Calderón, during the Chilean occupation of Peru that took place as a result of the War of the Pacific. He was also Mayor of Lima for a brief period, in 1879. Montero was a friend and comrade-in-arms of Miguel Grau, Manuel Ferreyros and Aurelio García y García, all of whom were known as the "Four Aces of the Peruvian Navy".