Alberto Natusch Busch
Alberto Natusch Busch (born May 23, 1933 in Riberalta , Bolivia ; † November 23, 1994 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra ) was an officer in the Bolivian Army and from November 1 to 16, 1979 President of the South American landlocked state of Bolivia.
Life
Alberto Natusch Busch was the nephew of the Bolivian President Germán Busch Becerra . He embarked on a career as a career officer. From 1973 to 1978 he was Minister of Agriculture in Hugo Banzer Suárez's cabinet . In a bloody military coup on November 1, 1979 , Colonel Natusch Busch overthrew President Wálter Guevara Arze, who had been elected for one year by Congress five months earlier . The takeover of power met with popular resistance, the Bolivian trade union federation COB called a general strike, and after only 15 days the coup failed. Natusch Busch retired from public life and died in Santa Cruz in 1994.
Web links
Biography at redpizarra.org. Retrieved August 12, 2011 (Spanish).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wálter Guevara Arze |
President of Bolivia 1979 |
Lidia Gueiler Tejada |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Natusch Busch, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bolivian military and president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riberalta |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1994 |
| Place of death | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |