Ruler · 1907 – 2001

Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Lived 1907 – 2001; politician. President of Bolivia (Bolivia), 1952 – 1956 and 2 more terms.

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Lived: 1907 – 2001; 94 years
In office: 12 years; 3 reigns
Lines: 1; Bolivia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Bolivia

Bolivia · the 51st, 53rd and 72nd of 83 dated reigns · 1825 – 2025

47 before

Enrique Hertzog1947 – 1949

Mamerto Urriolagoitía1949 – 1951

Hugo Ballivián1951 – 1952

Víctor Paz Estenssoro1952 – 1956

Hernán Siles Zuazo1956 – 1960

Víctor Paz Estenssoro1960 – 1964

Alfredo Ovando1966

René Barrientos1966 – 1969

Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas1969

… 12 …

Celso Torrelio1981 – 1982

Guido Vildoso1982

Hernán Siles Zuazo1982 – 1985

Víctor Paz Estenssoro1985 – 1989

Jaime Paz Zamora1989 – 1993

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada1993 – 1997

Hugo Banzer1997 – 2001

8 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 1952 – 1956 · 4 years · came to it aged 45 · term 1 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1956; they died in 2001

Reigned 1960 – 1964 · 4 years · came to it aged 53 · term 2 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1964; they died in 2001

Reigned 1985 – 1989 · 4 years · came to it aged 78 · term 3 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1989; they died in 2001

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