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1809-25 Head of the republiqueta Juana Azurduy de Padilla of the Laguna Region
She and her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla (1774-1816), were co-rulers
of the Eastern Bolivian area on the boarder to Argentina which was established during the wars for independence. When
Bolivia declared its independence in 1809, her husband and herself
raised a small army to fight for an independent republic. Her husband was
killed early into the war, but she continued to fight against royalist forces
until Bolivia became an independent republic in 1826 when Spanish forces were
finally overthrown. Juana Azurduy had managed to form a small "republiqueta" (little
republic) with the territory her small army held. This republiqueta was
basically under siege from 1810 until 1825 when other republica armies
under Simon Bolivar were able to join her remote forces. She lived
(1781-1862)
1979 (Aug.-Nov.) President of
the Congress (and Vice-President of the Republic)
Lidia Gueiler Tejada
1979-80 Executive President and
Head of the Cabinet (1.10.79-17.7.80)
circa 1978 Subsecretary for Agriculture1978-79 President of Cámara de Diputados.
She was President of Partido Revolucionario
de los Izquierda Nacional Gueiler 1979-94, Exile in France 1980-82, Ambassador
in Embassy to West Gemany 1982-83, and to Venezuela 1983-86 and since 1993
She was deposed by the 129th Coup d'Etat in the history of Bolivia,
shortly before elections was due.
She lived (1921-2011).
Last update 11.05.11