1939 in Bolivia

← 1938 1937 1936 1939 in Bolivia → 1940 1941 1942
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 Timeline of Bolivian history

Events in the year 1939 in Bolivia.

Incumbents[]

• President: Germán Busch (until 23 August), Carlos Quintanilla (Interim president) (starting 23 August)^[1]
• Vice President: Enrique Baldivieso (PSU) (until 24 April), vacant (until 4 December), none (starting 4 December)^[2]

Events[]

• 24 April – President Germán Busch dismisses the assembly and declares dictatorial rule.^[3]
• 23 August – President Germán Busch commits suicide by gunshot.^[1] The armed forces appoints the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla interim president.^[4]
• 6 October – General elections are called for 10 March 1940.^[5]
• 4 December – The office of vice president is abolished by decree in order to circumvent claims of constitutional succession by former vice president Enrique Baldivieso.^[2]

Births[]

• 15 April – Jaime Paz Zamora, 32nd Vice President of Bolivia, 60th President of Bolivia

Deaths[]

• 1 May – Bautista Saavedra, 29th President of Bolivia (b. 1870)
• 23 August – Germán Busch, 36th President of Bolivia (b. 1904)
• 12 September – Eliodoro Villazón, 27th President of Bolivia, oldest living state leader to that point (b.1848)

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