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Jose Gutierrez
Jose Gutierrez Guerra was President of Bolivia between 1917 and 1920. Educated in England, he later returned to Bolivia and worked as an economist and in banking. He entered politics in 1914, when he was elected Deputy (Representative) from La Paz. His rise was meteoric, however, as he was tipped to succeed Ismael Montes as Liberal Party candidate in the 1917 presidential elections. Having won at the polls, he took office but faced severe problems stemming from worsening economic conditions and mounting opposition from the recently-formed Republican Party. The 1917 assassination (never fully explained) of the founder of that party ...
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