1939 in Bolivia
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Events in the year 1939 in Bolivia.
Incumbents
- President: Germán Busch (until 23 August), Carlos Quintanilla (Interim president) (starting 23 August)[1]
- Vice President: Enrique Baldivieso (PSU) (until 24 April), vacant (until 4 December), none (starting 4 December)[2]
Events
- 24 April – President Germán Busch dismisses the assembly and declares dictatorial rule.[3]
- 23 August – President Germán Busch commits suicide by gunshot.[1] The armed forces appoints the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla interim president.[4]
- 6 October – General elections are called for 10 March 1940.[5]
- 4 December – The office of vice president is abolished by decree in order to circumvent claims of constitutional succession by former vice president Enrique Baldivieso.[2]
Births
- 15 April – Jaime Paz Zamora, 32nd Vice President of Bolivia, 60th President of Bolivia
Deaths
- 1 May – Bautista Saavedra, 29th President of Bolivia (b. 1870)
- 23 August – Germán Busch, 36th President of Bolivia (b. 1904)
- 12 September – Eliodoro Villazón, 27th President of Bolivia, oldest living state leader to that point (b.1848)
References
- ^ ISBN 9780230270817.
- ^ a b "Bolivia: Decreto Ley de 4 de diciembre de 1939". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Conmoción y duda: ¿fue la muerte de Germán Busch un suicidio?". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Bolivia: Decreto Ley de 17 de noviembre de 1939". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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