  josÃ© luis bustamante y rivero (january 15, 1894 &ndash; january 11, 1989) was a lawyer, writer, politician, diplomat, president of peru from 1945 to 1948 and president of the international court of justice in the hague from 1967 to 1969. == early years == josÃ© bustamante was born in arequipa. his parents were manuel bustamante y barreda, a lawyer and district attorney in arequipa, and victoria de rivero y romero. josÃ© married marÃ­a jesÃºs rivera in 1923. he received his early education in arequipa at colegio san josÃ© and obtained his law degree from the universidad nacional san agustÃ­n de arequipa in his native city and his ph.d. from the universidad nacional san antonio abad in cusco. after a distinguished career as a professor and legal scholar, bustamante became interested in politics. ==coup against leguÃ­a== bustamante reached political maturity as the author of the manifesto which launched the 1930 coup that ousted president augusto b. leguÃ­a. he soon earned the trust of leguÃ­a's successor, luis miguel sÃ¡nchez cerro, and began his new career in 1934 by serving as a diplomat, representing peru as peruvian minister to bolivia (1934-1938, 1942-1945) and uruguay (1939-1942). he ran for president in 1945 as a candidate for the frente democrÃ¡tico nacional, a moderate, left-of-center party that aligned itself with vÃ­ctor raÃºl haya de la torre's apra and the peruvian communist party. opposing him was the legiÃ³n patriÃ³tica independiente candidate, gen. eloy g. ureta. bustamante comfortably won the relatively honest election. ==presidency== during his first seven days as president, bustamante restored press freedom and full civil rights and freed all political prisoners. he also purged the military, cancelled gambling licenses and took control of the expenditures of the national treasury. one of his important international agreements was to establ
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