Abimael guzmán
Abimael guzmán shining path
Túpac amaru revolution movement.
Abimael Gusman
| Peruvian revolutionary, leader of the Maoist rebel movement Sendero Luminoso. Date of Birth: 03.12.1934 Country: Peru |
Content:
- Biography of Abimael Guzman
- Education and Ideological Influences
- Leadership of Sendero Luminoso
Biography of Abimael Guzman
Abimael Guzman, born in Mollendo, a port town in the Islay province in southern Peru, was a Peruvian revolutionary and leader of the Maoist insurgent movement "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path).
He was the illegitimate son of a prosperous trader who won the national lottery and had six sons from three different women. Guzman's mother, Berenice Reynoso, died when he was only five years old. From 1939 to 1946, Guzman was raised by his late mother's family.
In 1947, he moved to Arequipa to live with his father and stepmother and attended a private Catholic high school.
Education and Ideological Influences
In 1953, Guzman became a student at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the National University of