Felipe Segundo Guzmán

Felipe Segundo Guzmán^[α] (17 January 1879 – 16 June 1932) was a Bolivian academic and politician who served as the 30th president of Bolivia from 1925 to 1926.^[1]

Felipe Segundo Guzmán
Official portrait, c. 1925
30th President of Bolivia
Provisional
In office 3 September 1925 – 10 January 1926
Vice President	Vacant
Preceded by	Bautista Saavedra
Succeeded by	Hernando Siles
Ministerial offices Minister of War and Colonization In office 12 November 1927 – 26 January 1928 President Hernando Siles Preceded by Aurelio Meleán Succeeded by Aurelio Arauz Minister of Government and Justice In office 14 March 1927 – 12 November 1927 President Hernando Siles Preceded by Enrique Velasco Succeeded by J. Minor Gainsborg Minister of Instruction and Agriculture In office 27 June 1922 – 10 March 1923 President Bautista Saavedra Preceded by Hernando Siles Succeeded by Félix del Grando
Personal details
Born	Felipe Segundo Guzmán (1879-01-17)17 January 1879 La Paz, Bolivia
Died	16 June 1932(1932-06-16) (aged 53) La Paz, Bolivia
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Academic politician
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Born in La Paz, Guzmán began his career as a school teacher and university professor. He taught at the normal school of the Altiplano, where he focused on the linguistic Hispanicization of the region's indigenous Aymara and Quechua inhabitants. He studied pedagogy in Europe, and later became a professor of political economics at the Higher University of San Andrés and rector of the Technical University of Oruro.

A member of the Republican Party, Guzmán represented La Paz in the Chamber of Deputies and served as minister of instruction under Bautista Saavedra from 1922 to 1923. He was later elected to the Senate and was made president of the upper chamber. In that role and following the annulment of the May 1925 presidential election, Guzmán succeeded Saavedra as provisional president after the latter's term expired before a fresh election could be held. He oversaw the December re-do election, in which Hernando Siles won the presidency.

Siles appointed Guzmán minister of government in 1927 and minister of war from 1927 to 1928. Following the fall of Siles in 1930, Guzmán retired from politics. He died in La Paz in 1932, aged fifty-three.

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guzmán.