Ruler · 1820 – 1871

Mariano Melgarejo

Lived 1820 – 1871; politician. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1864 – 1871.

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Lived: 1820 – 1871; 51 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 18th of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

14 before

Jorge Córdova1855 – 1857

José María Linares1857 – 1861

José María de Achá1861 – 1864

Mariano Melgarejo1864 – 1871

Agustín Morales1871 – 1872

Tomás Frías1872 – 1873

Adolfo Ballivián1873 – 1875

62 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 1864 – 1871 · 7 years · came to it aged 44

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Finally, Melgarejo was shot dead on 23 November of the same year in front of Juana's house, at the hands of the man he had pardoned, Juana's brother, Aurelio Sánchez.

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