Pedro Beltrán Espantoso

Pedro Gerardo María Beltrán Espantoso (17 February 1897 – 16 February 1979), was a Peruvian journalist, economist and politician.

[1][2] From 1959 to 1961, he was the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance under Manuel Prado Ugarteche.

[3] Beltrán was a longtime owner and publisher of La Prensa.

[4] Beltrán was the Peruvian Ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1945.

[4] He became president of the Central Reserve Bank in 1948 and served until 1950.