University of Virginia Library

Peruvian Ex-President
To Lecture Friday

Fernando Belaunde Terry, former
President of Peru who was overthrown by
a military coup d'etat in 1968, will
speculate Friday evening on "The Future
of Democracy in South America."

A political romantic with a fervent
nationalistic attachment to his country,
Mr. Belaunde has had a distinguished
career as both a politician and architect.
His first public office was as a member of
Peru's Chamber of Deputies, serving at
this post from 1945 to 1948.

Architecture Dean

From 1948 to 1956, he turned from
politics to take on the duties of Dean of
the School of Architecture in Lima.
Peru's Popular Action Party (Partido de Accion
Popular) appointed him leader from 1956 to
1968, and Mr. Belaunde was his party's
presidential candidate in 1956. He was not
victorious in that election, but ran again, this
time successfully, on the party's slate in 1962.

Mr. Belaunde stood for change among his
followers, but to his critics, he was a political
dilettante. His term in office was terminated in
1968 when the military machine took over the
governmental system. This regime subsequently
expropriated the International Petroleum Company,
precipitating a major legal and political
controversy between Peru and the United
States.

Harvard Professor

Mr. Belaunde is presently a professor at
Harvard University's School of City and
Regional Planning. His lecture here is being
sponsored by the John Basset Moore Society of
International Law, the Woodrow Wilson School
of Government and Foreign Affairs, the
Division of City Planning of the School of
Architecture, and the University Union.

The former President of Peru will speak on
Friday, December 12, at 8 p.m. in the South
Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall. His lecture is
free and open to the public.