1939 in Bolivia
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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)