| Luis Alberto Flores Medina | |
| Office: | Supreme Chief of the Revolutionary Union |
| Term Start: | April 30, 1933[1] |
| Term End: | 1960 |
| Predecessor: | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro[2] |
| Office1: | Prime Minister of Peru |
| Term Start1: | April 13, 1932 |
| Term End1: | May 20, 1932 |
| Primeminister1: | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro |
| Office2: | Minister of Government and Police |
| Term Start2: | January 28, 1932 |
| Term End2: | May 20, 1932 |
| Predecessor2: | José Manuel García |
| Office3: | Minister of Navy and Aviation |
| Term Start3: | May 3, 1933 |
| Term End3: | June 26, 1933 |
| Predecessor3: | Alfredo Benavides |
| Office4: | Deputy of the Constituent Congress |
| Term Start4: | December 8, 1931 |
| Term End4: | December 8, 1936 |
| Predecessor4: | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro |
| Successor4: | Position abolished |
| Office5: | Senator of Piura |
| Term Start5: | 1947 |
| Term End5: | 1948 |
| Office6: | Ambassador of Peru to Italy |
| Term Start6: | 1948 |
| Term End6: | 1950 |
| Predecessor6: | Ricardo Rivera Schreiber |
| Office7: | Ambassador of Peru to Nicaragua and Paraguay |
| Term Start7: | 1956 |
| Term End7: | 1962 |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Ayabaca, Peru |
| Death Place: | Lima, Peru |
| Party: | Revolutionary Union |
| Alma Mater: | National University of San Marcos |
Luis Alberto Flores Medina (Ayabaca, October 11, 1899 — Lima, May 28, 1969) was a Peruvian lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was the Supreme Chief of the Revolutionary Union, a fascist party modelled after its italian counterpart, after the assassination of the party's founder, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro.[1] [3] He also served as a deputy for Lima and as Senator for Piura and Minister of Navy and Aviation, Government and Police and President of the Council of Ministers of Peru.[1]
Flores was born in Ayabaca, Piura, on October 11, 1899.[1] He grew up in a neighbourhood popular for its cuisine known as "La Mangachería",[4] and took part in right-wing academic circles growing up.[5] [6]
Flores was part of Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro's cabinet, as well as an urrista,[4] i.e. a member of his political party, Revolutionary Union.[5] Under Sánchez Cerro, Flores served as Prime Minister, and Minister of Government and Police (1932), as well as Minister of Navy and Aviation (1933) and member of Congress (1931–1936).[1] After Sánchez Cerro's assassination, he took over his political party and modelled it after Italian fascism.[5]
After the annulment of the 1936 Peruvian general election, Flores and his party reportedly planned a coup d'état which was discovered, leading to his exile in Chile, where he supported himself using the funds he gained from his hacienda in Cajamarca.[7]
Flores returned to Peru in the early 1940s and reorganized his political party,[8] which never achieved the same results it reached in 1936.[9]
He later served as deputy for his native Piura, as well as ambassador of Peru in Italy and Paraguay, where he made comments in support of the Hispanidad.[5]
He died in Lima on May 28, 1969.[1]