24 April – President Germán Busch dismisses the
assembly and declares dictatorial rule.[3]
23 August – President Germán Busch commits
suicide by gunshot.[1] The
armed forces appoints the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla interim president.[4]
4 December – The office of vice president is abolished by decree in order to circumvent claims of constitutional succession by former vice president Enrique Baldivieso.[2]
Births
15 April –
Jaime Paz Zamora, 32nd Vice President of Bolivia, 60th President of Bolivia
24 April – President Germán Busch dismisses the
assembly and declares dictatorial rule.[3]
23 August – President Germán Busch commits
suicide by gunshot.[1] The
armed forces appoints the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla interim president.[4]
4 December – The office of vice president is abolished by decree in order to circumvent claims of constitutional succession by former vice president Enrique Baldivieso.[2]
Births
15 April –
Jaime Paz Zamora, 32nd Vice President of Bolivia, 60th President of Bolivia