Néstor Guillén Explained

Néstor Guillén
Office:40th President of Bolivia
Term Start:21 July 1946
Term End:17 August 1946
Vicepresident:Vacant
Office1:Minister of National Defense
President1:Enrique Hertzog
Term Start1:10 March 1947
Term End1:14 May 1947
Predecessor1:Julio César Canelas
Successor1:Eduardo Montes Montes
President2:Himself
Tomás Monje
Term Start2:24 July 1946
Term End2:26 August 1946
Predecessor2:José Celestino Pinto
Successor2:Julio César Canelas
Office3:Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Colonization
President3:Himself
Tomás Monje
Term Start3:24 July 1946
Term End3:26 August 1946
Predecessor3:Julio Zuazo Cuenca
Successor3:José Saavedra Suárez
Birth Name:Néstor Guillén Olmos
Birth Date:28 January 1890
Birth Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Death Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Spouse:Laura Solares
Parents:Manuel C. Guillén
Maria Olmos
Signature:Signature of Néstor Guillén Olmos (1890-1966).svg

Néstor Guillén Olmos (28 January 1890 – 12 March 1966) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 40th president of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis in 1946.

Background and earlier career

Born in La Paz, Guillén studied law and rose to become the dean of the Superior District Court of La Paz.

President of Bolivia

Néstor Guillén served as President of Bolivia for 27 days between July and August 1946, following the overthrow and assassination of President Gualberto Villarroel (1943–46). Upon the death of Villarroel, the alliance of forces that had toppled him needed a reliable and impartial caretaker (given the mood of the citizenry, which had just shown what it was capable of during the revolt) to guide the country to elections. They settled on the head of the La Paz Court of Appeals, Tomás Monje Gutiérrez, who was ill at the time. Thus, Guillén filled in for him for fewer than four weeks, whereupon Monje was sworn-in as President. The old oligarchy was established again but, not long after, would fall only a few years later.

Later career and death

Guillén then returned to his judgeship and died on 12 March 1966 in La Paz, Bolivia.

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