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Adolfo Ballivian
Adolfo Ballivian Coll was constitutional president of Bolivia between 1873 and 1874.
Born in La Paz, Adolfo Ballivian was the son of former Bolivian President and war hero Jose Ballivian. Widely traveled, he was a member of the armed forces, orator, composer, writer, and congressman. During his early travels, while in Valparaiso, Chile, he met and married Carmen Grimwood Allende, of Quillota, Chile. In 1872, while traveling in Europe, he was elected President in what were possibly the cleanest elections up to that point in Bolivian history. He assumed power in April of 1873, benefited from a short "honeymoon" period ...
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