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Cabinet Of Lidia Gueiler
Lidia Gueiler Tejada was inaugurated on 16 November 1979 as Provisional President of Bolivia and formed her cabinet on 19 November 1979. MNR – Revolutionary Nationalist Movement PDC – Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia), Christian Democratic Party PCML – Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist) PRA – Authentic Revolutionary Party MNRI – Leftwing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement MIN – Movement of the National Left mil – military ind – independent Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Government of Lidia Gueiler Tejada, 1979-1980 Cabinets of Bolivia Cabinets established in 1979 Cabinets disestablished in 1980 1979 establishments in Bolivia 1980 disestablishments in Bolivia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidia Gueiler Tejada
Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State, and the second female republican Head of State in the history of the Americas (the first was Isabel Perón in Argentina between 1974 and 1976). She was the cousin of American actress Raquel Welch. Background and earlier career Gueiler was born in Cochabamba, to Moisés Gueiler Grunewelt, an immigrant from Germany and a Bolivian mother, Raquel Tejada Albornoz. She received a BA degree from Instituto Americano in Cochabamba. In the 1940s, she joined the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). When that party came to power as a result of the 1952 National Revolution, Gueiler became a member of the Congress of Bolivia, serving in that capacity from 1956 until 1964. In 1964, she went into exile abroad after the MNR was toppled from power by generals Barrientos and Ova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
