Otto Philipp Braun

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Felipe Braun
Otto Philipp Braun
Minister of War and Navy of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
In office 9 July 1838 – 22 February 1839
President	Andrés de Santa Cruz
Preceded by	Anselmo Quiroz [es]
Succeeded by	José Ballivián (As Minister of War of Bolivia)
Minister of War and Navy of Bolivia
In office 22 June 1835 – 25 July 1835
President	Andrés de Santa Cruz
Preceded by	José Miguel de Velasco
Succeeded by	José Manuel del Castillo
In office 11 May 1836 – 28 March 1838
President	Andrés de Santa Cruz
Preceded by	José Manuel del Castillo
Succeeded by	Anselmo Quiroz [es] (As Minister of War and Navy of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation)
Personal details
Born	December 13, 1798 Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (now Germany)
Died	July 24, 1869 Bad Wildungen, Kassel
Military service
Battles/wars	List Venezuelan War of Independence Ecuadorian War of Independence Peruvian War of Independence Bolivian War of Independence Gran Colombia–Peru War War of the Confederation Argentine Peru-Bolivian War

Otto Philipp Braun (13 December 1798 – 24 July 1869, also known as Felipe Braun during his time in South America) was one of the most successful foreign volunteers participating in the independence war of South America. He was an important supporter of Simon Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre and later of Andrés de Santa Cruz. In 1838 Braun was awarded the title “Great Marshal of Montenegro” being Bolivia's only Great Marshal and South America's only foreign Marshal to this day.