Ruler · 1927 – 2016

David Padilla

Lived 1927 – 2016; politician. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1978 – 1979.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1927 – 2016; 89 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 62nd of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

58 before

Hugo Banzer1971 – 1978

Juan Pereda1978

Víctor González Fuentes1978

David Padilla1978 – 1979

Wálter Guevara1979

Alberto Natusch1979

Lidia Gueiler1979 – 1980

18 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 1978 – 1979 · 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 1979; they died in 2016

He was serving in that capacity when he deposed the also de facto government of General Juan Pereda on 24 November 1978.

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