Manuel Menéndez
Manuel Menéndez | |
|---|---|
| Interim president of Peru | |
| In office 18 November 1841 – 16 August 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Agustín Gamarra |
| Succeeded by | Juan Francisco de Vidal |
| In office 7 October 1844 – 20 April 1845 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Castilla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1793 |
| Died | 2 May 1847 (aged 53) Lima, Peru |
Manuel Menéndez Gorozabel (1793 – May 2, 1847) was a Peruvian politician who served as interim President of Peru from 1841 to 1842, and again from 1844 to 1845.
He was ousted from office in a 1842 military coup carried out by General Juan Crisostomo Torrico. He was restored to office in the Constitutional Revolution of 1843-1844.