Lidia Gueiler
President of Bolivia from 1979 to 1980 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 head of state in a republic in the history of the Americas (the first was Isabel Perón in Argentina between 1974 and 1976).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gueiler and the second or maternal family name is Tejada.
Quick Facts 56th President of Bolivia, Vice President ...
Lidia Gueiler | |
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56th President of Bolivia | |
In office 16 November 1979 – 17 July 1980 | |
Vice President | Vacant |
Preceded by | Alberto Natusch |
Succeeded by | Luis García Meza |
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 4 August 1979 – 16 November 1979 | |
Preceded by | Jorge Ríos Gamarra |
Succeeded by | José Zegarra Cerruto |
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Born | (1921-08-28)28 August 1921 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Died | 9 May 2011(2011-05-09) (aged 89) La Paz, Bolivia |
Political party | Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left (1963–1979) |
Other political affiliations | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (1948–1963) Revolutionary Party of the National Left – Gueiler (1979–1980) Revolutionary Left Front (1978–1979) Revolutionary Left Movement (1989–1993) |
Spouse(s) | Mareiriam Pérez Ramírez Edwin Möller Pacieri |
Children | María Teresa |
Parent(s) | Moisés Gueiler Raquel Tejada |
Relatives | José Luis Tejada Sorzano (uncle) Raquel Welch (cousin) Luis García Meza (cousin) |
Awards | Order of the Condor of the Andes |
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She was the cousin of American actress Raquel Welch.[1]