Ñuflo Chavez Ortiz (3 October 1923 – 2 July 1996) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician. He was 28th

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during the first Government of

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since August 1956 till he resigned in 1957. He was one of the founders of MNR (National Revolutionary Movement), along with

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, Wálter Guevara Arze, Carlos Montenegro,

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and

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, amongst others.

Early and Academic life

Ñuflo Chavez was born in

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on 3 October 1923 to Castulo Chavez Eguez, a Supreme Court magistrate and politician. He grew up in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and

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, Bolivia's Capital city and location of the Supreme Court of Justice. He attended law school at the

Higher University of San Andrés Universidad Mayor de San Andrés or UMSA () is the leading public university in Bolivia, established since 1830 in the city of La Paz. UMSA is the second-oldest university in Bolivia, after the University of San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca ( ...

and

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. Later in life, he served as a professor in several Bolivian and Peruvian universities.

Public life

Since a very young age, he participated in the political life of his country, joining the ranks of MNR (

Nationalist Revolutionary Movement The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( , MNR) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 194 ...

) in 1945. He stood out for his participation in the 1949 Civil War, becoming the General Secretary of his party in his home-town. He actively participated in the 1952 Bolivian National Revolution. He was appointed minister of agriculture and peasant affairs in 1952 till 1955. He participated in the creation of the Bolivian Labour league

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and authored the Bolivian Land Reform. He was elected vice-president of the Republic of Bolivia in 1956 but resigned in 1957, due to discrepancies he held with the president, around his monetary stabilization measures. Ñuflo Chavez was the youngest vice-president of the country, taking office at the age of 33 years. He headed the Mining and Oil Ministry in 1960 during the second MNR (

) government. He also served as a senator between 1962 and 1964. After the 1964 coup, staged by General René Barrientos Ortuño, Chavez had to leave in exile to

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. He held residence in this neighbouring country for a number of years, teaching economy in San Marcos University. He returned to Bolivia in 1978. He ran for Vice-President of Bolivia, once again, as candidate of MNR (

) in 1980, along with

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who ran for president, losing those elections. In 1985, he joined once more the Senate and in 1986, he served as Bolivian ambassador to Peru, after what he retired from public life. He died in poverty on 2 July 1996, being 72 years old.

Literary work

*''El Siglo del Estaño'' (The Century of Tin) *''Fundiciones de Estaño en Bolivia'' (Bolivian Tin Foundries) *''Cinco Ensayos y un Anhelo'' (Five Essays and a Yearning) *''Carta a los Trabajadores de mi Patria'' (Open Letter to the Workers of my Homeland) *''Sistema Económico Capitalista'' (Capitalist-Economic System) *''Pensamiento Económico: Introducción a la Ciencia Política'' (Economic thought process: An introduction to Political Science) *''Introducción a la Economía Política'' (Introduction to Economic-Politics) *''Recuerdos de un Revolucionario''. (Memories of a Revolutionary) Vicepresidency of Bolivia
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez Ortiz, Nuflo 1923 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Bolivian politicians Bolivian senators from Oruro Bolivian senators from Pando People from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Ambassadors of Bolivia to Peru Revolutionary Nationalist Movement politicians University of Saint Francis Xavier alumni Vice presidents of Bolivia