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{{short description|Peruvian politician and prophet}}
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{{family name hatnote|Ataucusi|Gamonal|lang=Spanish}}
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| term = 30 September 1989 – 21 June 2000
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| successor = Jonás Ataucusi
| party = [[Agricultural People's Front of Peru]]
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'''Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal''' (10 April 1918 – 21 June 2000), also known as '''Brother Ezequiel''',<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Masson|first=Peter|date=1991|title=Consideraciones Acerca De Un Nuevo Movimiento Religioso: Los Israelitas Del Nuevo Pacto Universal|journal=Ibero-Amerikanisches Archiv|volume=17|issue=4|pages=465–496}}</ref> was a [[Peru]]vian politician and self-proclaimed [[prophet]] of the religious movement he founded
== Early life ==
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In the 1950s while in his forties, Ataucusi experienced many issues with his life and converted from [[Roman Catholicism]] to the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" /> While experiencing a serious illness, he reported that he visited a "third heaven" and addressed himself as a prophet, writing the [[Ten Commandments]] on a [[blackboard]] saying he was tasked with delivering the commandments for a second time.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" /> After the incident, he was removed from the Seventh-day Adventist Church,<ref name=":0" /> subsequently beginning to evangelize rural Peruvians in 1956.<ref name=":9" />
The [[Evangelical Association of the Israelite Mission of the New Universal Covenant]] ({{lang|es|Asociación Evangélica de la Misión Israelita del Nuevo Pacto Universal}} - AEMINPU) was created by Ataucusi in 1968<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-candidato-frepap-congreso-peru-asegura-homosexuales-tienen-mal-sangre-20200128015313.html|title=El candidato del FREPAP al Congreso de Perú asegura que los homosexuales "tienen el mal en la sangre"
Ataucusi preached that he was chosen by
His party, the Agricultural People's Front of Peru (FREPAP), was officially founded by Ataucusi on 30 September 1989.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.frepap.org.pe/historia.html|title=Historia|website=FREPAP|access-date=2020-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129115129/http://www.frepap.org.pe/historia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the 1990s, his number of followers ranged from 60,000 to 200,000.<ref name=":0" /> In 1995, investigations were opened against Ataucusi surrounding allegations of killing disagreeing followers and supposed links to [[Shining Path]], though none of the accusations were ever confirmed.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Jump Off the Face of the Earth: Adventures of an American Nurse in Amazonas|last=Balser|first=Judy|year=2014|isbn=9781496937032|pages=133–145|publisher=Author House }}</ref>
He was the party's candidate for president of Peru
== Death and legacy ==
He died in [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores]], [[Lima]] of kidney failure and his followers held a three-day funeral, waiting for his resurrection beside his body decorated with gold jewelry.<ref name=":6" /> As his followers waited for his resurrection and his body began to decompose, Ataucusi's body was placed in a glass coffin.<ref name=":3" /> After not resurrecting, many followers became disillusioned with him.<ref name=":8" />
Ataucusi's son Jonas was chosen as his successor<ref name=":8" /> and his party eventually grew within the [[Peruvian Congress]] following the [[2020 Peruvian parliamentary election]].<ref name=":5
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