Ruler · 1920 – 1976

Juan José Torres

Lived 1920 – 1976; politician, diplomat, military officer. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1970 – 1971.

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

Lived: 1920 – 1976; 56 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 58th of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

54 before

René Barrientos1966 – 1969

Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas1969

Alfredo Ovando1969 – 1970

Juan José Torres1970 – 1971

Hugo Banzer1971 – 1978

Juan Pereda1978

Víctor González Fuentes1978

22 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 1970 – 1971 · 1 year · came to it aged 50

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

After less than a year in power, Torres was overthrown in a bloody coup d'état, which was led by the colonel Hugo Banzer and supported by the Brazilian military regime.

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