Néstor Guillén
Encyclopedia
Background and earlier career
Born in La PazLa Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
, Guillén
Guillén
Guillén is a common surname in the Spanish language.French surname a patronymic "last name" origin and common use in the Spanish language Guillén. The name is a regional variant of the more well known name Guillaume...
studied law and rose to become second from the top in the La Paz Court of Appeals.
President of Bolivia
He served as President of BoliviaPresident of Bolivia
The President of Bolivia is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five year term, renewable once...
for 27 days between July and August 1946, following the overthrow and assassination of President Gualberto Villarroel
Gualberto Villarroel
Gualberto Villarroel López was the head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943 to July 21, 1946. A reformist, he is nonetheless remembered for his alleged fascist sympathies, and is sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Domingo Perón...
(1943-46). Upon the death of Villarroel, the confluence of forces that had toppled him needed a reliable caretaker with as few partisan credentials (given the mood of the citizenry, which had just shown what it was capable of during the revolt) to guide the country to elections. They settled on the head of the La Paz Court of Appeals, Tomás Monje
Tomás Monje
Tomás Monje Gutierréz was President of Bolivia between August 1946 and March 1947.-Background and earlier career:Born in Coroico, department of La Paz, he was a noted intellectual and judge.-President of Bolivia:...
Gutiérrez, who was ill at the time. Thus, Guillén
Guillén
Guillén is a common surname in the Spanish language.French surname a patronymic "last name" origin and common use in the Spanish language Guillén. The name is a regional variant of the more well known name Guillaume...
filled-in for him for fewer than 4 weeks, whereupon Monje was sworn-in.
Source
- Mesa José de; Gisbert, Teresa; and Carlos D. Mesa, "Historia De Bolivia", 3rd edition., pp. 577-578.