Julio Garrett Ayllón (May 22, 1925 – March 19, 2018) was a Bolivian politician and lawyer who served as the 33rd

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from 1985 to 1989 during the presidency of

Víctor Paz Estenssoro Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro (2 October 1907 – 7 June 2001) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and 1985 to 1989. He ran for pre ...

.Vicepresidency of Bolivia

Biography

Garrett was born in

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on May 22, 1925. He studied law at the

University of Saint Francis Xavier The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca ( es, Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca; USFX) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universitie ...

in Sucre and the

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. He then studied international relations in

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before returning to Bolivia, where he chaired the department of sociology at Oruro Technical University. Garrett was first elected to the

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, representing Oruro, in 1966. A proponent of

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with socialist and communist nations, Garrett was appointed as Bolivia's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1969 until 1973. In December 1973, Garrett joined the

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(MNR) political party. Just one month later, Garrett, along with former President

, another member of the MNR, were forced into exile in January 1974. Garrett remained in exile in

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and

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for five years, until his return to Bolivia in 1979. Julio Garrett Ayllón was elected to the Senate in 1979 soon after his return from exile. He was soon appointed

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, a position he held briefly from 1979 until 1980. He won re-election to the Senate in 1980, but was once again forced into exile from 1980 until 1982 during the

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Luis García Meza Tejada. Garrett returned to Bolivia in 1982 following the end of the García Meza dictatorship and the restoration of democracy. He was elected

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from 1982 until 1985. In 1985, Garrett was

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as the running mate of President

. Garrett, who served as vice president from 1985 to 1989, established the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Sucre during his tenure. Garrett was re-elected to the Senate in 1989, but his election was later invalidated by the Court of Elections. He was appointed to the

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, the deliberative body of the

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, in 1992. Garrett was elected to the national Senate for a fifth term, representing

Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca () ( ay, Chuqisaka; qu, Chuqichaka) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the co ...

, in 1993. He held the Senate seat from 1993 to 1995. He then served as the ambassador of Bolivia to

from 1995 until 1997.

Death

Julio Garrett Ayllón died in Sucre on March 19, 2018, at the age of 92.

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