Pedro Beltrán Espantoso
Peruvian businessman, politician and economist (1897-1979)
Pedro Gerardo María Beltrán Espantoso (17 February 1897 – 16 February 1979), was a Peruvian journalist, economist and politician. From 1959 to 1961, he was the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance under Manuel Prado Ugarteche.
Beltrán was a longtime owner and publisher of La Prensa.
Beltrán was the Peruvian Ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1945. He became president of the Central Reserve Bank in 1948 and served until 1950.
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