Roberto Leguía

His father was Nicanor Leguía y Duarte and mother was María del Carmendo Salcedo.

[2] He is a descendant of a Basque immigrant named Estaquio Leguía, who was a tobacco farmer.

But the swearing-in ceremony for the vice president never took place.

In his absence, the military coup against president Billinghurst took place.

During the dictatorship of his brother, he returned to Peru and served as President of the Senate from 1927 to 1930.