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Events in the year 1959 in Bolivia.
Incumbents
- President: Hernán Siles Zuazo (MNR)
- Vice President: Vacant
Ongoing events
- Bolivian National Revolution (1952–1964)
Events
- 19 April – An attempted coup d'état led by the Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB) fails to depose President Siles Zuazo and ends in the suicide of the FSB's leader.[1]
Births
- 5 June – Betty Tejada, president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2014.[2]
Deaths
- 19 April – Óscar Únzaga, 43, leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange (b. 1916)[1]
References
- 1 2 Ascarrunz, Eduardo (17 April 2019). "Golpe, magnicidio frustrado, genocidio y suicidio de Óscar Únzaga de la Vega". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ↑ "Betty Tejada Soruco en las Redes Sociales". EABolivia (in Spanish). La Paz. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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