Ruler · 1808 – 1861

José María Linares

Lived 1808 – 1861; politician. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1857 – 1861.

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

Lived: 1808 – 1861; 53 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 16th of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

12 before

José Miguel de Velasco1848

Manuel Isidoro Belzu1848 – 1855

Jorge Córdova1855 – 1857

José María Linares1857 – 1861

José María de Achá1861 – 1864

Mariano Melgarejo1864 – 1871

Agustín Morales1871 – 1872

64 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 1857 – 1861 · 4 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

In 1857, he overthrew President Jorge Córdova, Belzu's son-in-law, and assumed the presidency.

He repressed several uprising attempts, and in 1861, he was deposed by his own supporters and replaced by a triumvirate that sentenced him to exile.

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