Óscar Únzaga Explained

Óscar Únzaga
Office:Leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange
Term Start:15 August 1945
Term End:19 April 1959
Predecessor:Himself
Successor:Mario Gutiérrez
Office2:General Secretary of the Bolivian Socialist Falange
Term Start2:15 August 1937
Term End2:15 August 1945
Predecessor2:Office established
Successor2:Himself
Birth Name:Óscar Únzaga de la Vega
Birth Date:19 April 1916
Birth Place:Cochabamba, Bolivia
Death Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Death Cause:Suicide
Party:Bolivian Socialist Falange

Óscar Únzaga de la Vega (19 April 1916 – 19 April 1959) was a Bolivian political figure and rebel. Most significantly, he founded the Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB) movement in 1937, and ran for President in the 1956 elections, when his party became the main opposition movement to the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). In 1959 Únzaga was one of fifty who died during an attempted coup by the FSB, with government forces reporting that he killed himself.[1] Supporters disputed the official version and stated that Únzaga had been assassinated. He is revered as a hero and martyr by some factions of well-to-do Bolivian political elites.

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Notes and References

  1. Phil Gunson, Andrew Thompson & Greg Chamberlain, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, London: Routledge, 1990, pp. 38-39