Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is de la Fuente.

Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente
Portrait by Francis Martin Drexel, c. 1828–1829
Interim President of Peru
In office June 7, 1829 – September 1, 1829
Preceded by	José de La Mar (as Constitutional President)
Succeeded by	Agustín Gamarra (as Constitutional President)
3rd Vice President of Peru
In office September 1, 1829 – April 16, 1831
President	Agustín Gamarra
Preceded by	Vacant (Last held by Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano)
Succeeded by	Vacant (Office abolished - Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo elected in 1858)
Mayor of Lima
In office January 8, 1868 – March 27, 1869
Preceded by	Antonio Salinas y Castañeda
Succeeded by	José María de la Puente y Oyague
In office March 18, 1863 – January 8, 1866
Preceded by	Miguel Pardo Iraola
Succeeded by	Antonio Salinas y Castañeda
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office August 31, 1829 – December 20, 1829
Constituency	Chuquibamba, Arequipa
Personal details
Born	September 8, 1796 Huantajaya, Tarapacá, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died	March 14, 1878(1878-03-14) (aged 81) Lima, Peru
Profession	Soldier

Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente (8 September 1796 – 14 March 1878) was a Peruvian politician who also served in the Peruvian military. He briefly served as President of Peru from June 7 to September 1, 1829.

Gutiérrez de la Fuente was born in the silver-mining town of Huantajaya, Tarapacá, Peru (now Chile), in 1796. He was an officer in the Spanish forces, before joining the rebellion for independence. Strong partisan of Simón Bolívar they supported the 1823 coup.

De la Fuente and Agustín Gamarra were made governors of southern States after Peruvian independence, with de la Fuente in charge of Arequipa. In 1826 they considered separating from Peru, but instead lead the movement to overthrow the government of José de La Mar with de la Fuente being named Vice President of Peru and taking the position of the President of the Republic until the General Agustín Gamarra succeeded him. Gutiérrez de la Fuente served as the Vice President of Peru from 1 September 1829 to 16 April 1831.

He served as the President of the Senate in 1849 and from 1851 to 1853.

He died in Lima in 1878.

References

• Alfonso W. Quiroz (10 November 2008). Corrupt Circles: A History of Unbound Graft in Peru. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9128-1.
• Richard W. Slatta; Jane Lucas De Grummond (2003). Simón Bolívar's Quest for Glory. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-1-58544-239-3.