Eloy Gaspar Ureta

Eloy Gaspar Ureta Montehermoso was a Peruvian army officer who led the Peruvian Armed Forces to victory in the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941 for which he was awarded the honorary rank of Grand Marshal of Peru in 1946. His first baptism by fire occurred a decade prior during the 1932 Trujillo uprising in which he was commander of the 1st and 3rd military regiments that participated in the conflict. He ran in the presidential election of 1945, but was defeated by José Bustamante y Rivero. He is considered Patron of the Armored Weapon of the Peruvian Army.