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Lidia Gueiler Tejada

1921 - 2011

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Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State, and the second female head of state in a republic in the history of the Americas (the first was Isabel Perón in Argentina between 1974 and 1976). She was the cousin of American actress Raquel Welch. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lidia Gueiler Tejada is the 7,509th most popular politician (up from 7,686th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Bolivia and the 5th most popular Bolivian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lidia Gueiler Tejada ranks 7,509 out of 19,576Before her are Roland Bonaparte, Alexander Bortnikov, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Nancy Kassebaum, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Ferenc Gyulay. After her are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Justo José de Urquiza, Seonjong of Goryeo, Viktor Medvedchuk, and Indravarman I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lidia Gueiler Tejada ranks 121Before her are Oskar Gröning, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Angelica Rozeanu, Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, and Géza Anda. After her are Paddy Roy Bates, Gitta Sereny, César Baldaccini, Robert Muldoon, Arno Babajanian, and Anne Golon. Among people deceased in 2011, Lidia Gueiler Tejada ranks 100Before her are Danielle Mitterrand, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Paul Baran, Vasily Alekseyev, Archduke Felix of Austria, and Shigeo Yaegashi. After her are Hidemaro Watanabe, Raúl Ruiz, Pak Seung-zin, Michael Dummett, Anwar al-Awlaki, and Ken Russell.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Lidia Gueiler Tejada ranks 6 out of 105Before her are Evo Morales (1959), René Barrientos (1919), Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), and Mario Terán (1942). After her are Luis García Meza (1929), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Túpac Katari (1750), and Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914).

Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, Lidia Gueiler Tejada ranks 5Before her are Evo Morales (1959), René Barrientos (1919), Hugo Banzer (1926), and Luis Arce (1963). After her are Luis García Meza (1929), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), Juan José Torres (1920), and Carlos Mesa (1953).