Daniel Salamanca Urey

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Daniel Salamanca Urey

Daniel Salamanca Urey (born July 8, 1869 in Cochabamba , †  July 17, 1935 there ) was the 42nd President of Bolivia from March 5, 1931, until he was deposed by a coup on November 27, 1934 (during the Chaco War ).

Political career

Daniel Salamanca Urey studied law and was elected to the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies in 1899 at the age of 30 for the Liberal Party. Two years later, President José Manuel Pando appointed him Minister of Finance. Eventually Urey left the Liberal Party and helped found the new Republican Party. He failed in 1917 when trying to become vice president. Urey did not last long in this party either and he was again a co-founder of the “real republican party” (Partido Republicano Genuino). In 1925 Urey tried to become president, but lost to Hernando Siles Reyes in the election .

Hit by his defeat, Daniel Salamanca Urey withdrew from politics and taught law. After the overthrow of Siles by the military (mainly a result of the Great Depression), Urey ran for a second time and in 1931 became president of a Liberal-Republican coalition.

Fall

On September 27, 1934, the Bolivian generals deposed him while he was visiting the military headquarters in Villamontes . The conspirators (including Major Busch ) decided to use the more docile Vice President José Luis Tejada Sorzano in order to maintain the democratic appearance. Salamanca retired to Cochabama, where he died a short time later.

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predecessor Office successor
Carlos Blanco Galindo President of Bolivia
1931–1934
José Luis Tejada Sorzano