Ruler · 1898 – 1977

David Toro

Lived 1898 – 1977; politician. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1936 – 1937.

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

Lived: 1898 – 1977; 79 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 41st of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

37 before

Carlos Blanco Galindo1930 – 1931

Daniel Salamanca1931 – 1934

José Luis Tejada Sorzano1934 – 1936

David Toro1936 – 1937

Germán Busch1937 – 1939

Carlos Quintanilla1939 – 1940

Enrique Peñaranda1940 – 1943

39 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 1936 – 1937 · 1 year · came to it aged 38

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

In 1937, dissatisfied with the slow pace of reforms, Toro was forced to resign in a soft coup.

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