Ruler · 1888 – 1964

Carlos Quintanilla

Lived 1888 – 1964; politician, diplomat. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1939 – 1940.

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Lived: 1888 – 1964; 76 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 43rd of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

39 before

José Luis Tejada Sorzano1934 – 1936

David Toro1936 – 1937

Germán Busch1937 – 1939

Carlos Quintanilla1939 – 1940

Enrique Peñaranda1940 – 1943

Gualberto Villarroel1943 – 1946

Néstor Guillén1946

37 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1939 – 1940 · 1 year · came to it aged 51

Came to it: seized power
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1940; they died in 1964

In the immediate aftermath of Busch's death in office in 1939, Quintanilla seized power in a coup d'état and established a provisional government.

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