Carlos Blanco Galindo

Carlos Blanco Galindo
Official portrait, 1930, Kavlin Studio
32nd President of Bolivia
President of the Junta
In office 28 June 1930 – 5 March 1931
Vice President	Vacant
Preceded by	Hernando Siles Reyes
Succeeded by	Daniel Salamanca
Minister of National Defense and Colonization
In office 11 November 1940 – 12 June 1941
President	Enrique Peñaranda
Preceded by	Demetrio Ramos (as Minister of National Defense) Alcides Arguedas (as Minister of Colonization)
Succeeded by	Jose Miguel Candia
Personal details
Born	(1882-03-12)12 March 1882 Cochabamba, Bolivia
Died	2 October 1943(1943-10-02) (aged 61) Cochabamba, Bolivia
Spouse	Alicia O' Connor D'Arlach
Parent(s)	Cleómedes Blanco Edelmira Galindo
Relatives	Pedro Blanco Soto (great-grandfather)
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Military service
Allegiance	Bolivia
Branch/service	Bolivian Army
Rank	General

Carlos Blanco Galindo (12 March 1882 – 2 October 1943) was a Bolivian general who served as the 32nd president of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis from 1930 to 1931.^[1]

Biography

Carlos Blanco was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A career military officer and a lawyer, Blanco was one of the leaders of the insurrection that toppled from power Hernando Siles, who had attempted to extend his term in office in view of the grave challenges posed by the onset of the Great Depression and other looming political crises. Unable to impose his will, Siles resigned and left his cabinet collectively in charge; it was this "Silista" cabinet that was, in fact, overthrown by the coup led by Blanco (in alliance with the parties opposed to Siles) in late June 1930.

Blanco's term was short and rather simple; his main task was to call new elections, which took place within seven months of his swearing-in. In every other matter, he seemed to defer to his rather capable technocratic Cabinet, led by Daniel Sánchez Bustamante (1871–1933) – the grandfather, incidentally, of future president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Upon the election, and assumption of office, of Daniel Salamanca, General Blanco was named Ambassador to Uruguay, but returned briefly to the active service upon the eruption of the Chaco War with Paraguay (1932–35). He would later write a number of books.

Blanco died in Cochabamba in October 1943.

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▌Simón Bolívar (1825) ▌Antonio José de Sucre (1825–1828) ▌José María Pérez de Urdininea (1828) ▌José Miguel de Velasco (1828) ▌Pedro Blanco Soto (1828–1829) ▌José Miguel de Velasco (1829) ▌Andrés de Santa Cruz (1829–1839) ▌José Miguel de Velasco (1839–1841) ▌Sebastián Ágreda (1841) ▌Mariano Enrique Calvo (1841) ▌José Ballivián (1841–1847) ▌Eusebio Guilarte (1847–1848) ▌José Miguel de Velasco (1848) ▌Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1848–1855) ▌Jorge Córdova (1855–1857) ▌José María Linares (1857–1861) ▌José María de Achá (1861–1864) ▌Mariano Melgarejo (1864–1871) ▌Agustín Morales (1871–1872) ▌Tomás Frías (1872–1873) ▌Adolfo Ballivián (1873–1874) ▌Tomás Frías (1874–1876) ▌Hilarión Daza (1876–1879) ▌Narciso Campero (1880–1884) ▌Gregorio Pacheco (1884–1888) ▌Aniceto Arce (1888–1892) ▌Mariano Baptista (1892–1896) ▌Severo Fernández (1896–1899) ▌José Manuel Pando (1899–1904) ▌Ismael Montes (1904–1909) ▌Eliodoro Villazón (1909–1913) ▌Ismael Montes (1913–1917) ▌José Gutiérrez Guerra (1917–1920) ▌Bautista Saavedra (1921–1925) ▌Felipe Segundo Guzmán (1925–1926) ▌Hernando Siles Reyes (1926–1930) ▌Carlos Blanco Galindo (1930–1931) ▌Daniel Salamanca (1931–1934) ▌José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1934–1936) ▌David Toro (1936–1937) ▌Germán Busch (1937–1939) ▌Carlos Quintanilla (1939–1940) ▌Enrique Peñaranda (1940–1943) ▌Gualberto Villarroel (1943–1946) ▌Néstor Guillén (1946) ▌Tomás Monje (1946–1947) ▌Enrique Hertzog (1947–1949) ▌Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1949–1951) ▌Hugo Ballivián (1951–1952) ▌Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1952–1956) ▌Hernán Siles Zuazo (1956–1960) ▌Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1960–1964) ▌René Barrientos (1964–1966) ▌Alfredo Ovando Candía (1966) ▌René Barrientos (1966–1969) ▌Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas (1969) ▌Alfredo Ovando Candía (1969–1970) ▌Juan José Torres (1970–1971) ▌Hugo Banzer (1971–1978) ▌Juan Pereda (1978) ▌David Padilla (1978–1979) ▌Wálter Guevara (1979) ▌Alberto Natusch (1979) ▌Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1979–1980) ▌Luis García Meza (1980–1981) ▌Celso Torrelio (1981–1982) ▌Guido Vildoso (1982) ▌Hernán Siles Zuazo (1982–1985) ▌Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1985–1989) ▌Jaime Paz Zamora (1989–1993) ▌Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1993–1997) ▌Hugo Banzer (1997–2001) ▌Jorge Quiroga (2001–2002) ▌Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (2002–2003) ▌Carlos Mesa (2003–2005) ▌Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé (2005–2006) ▌Evo Morales (2006–2019) ▌Jeanine Áñez (2019–2020) ▌Luis Arce (2020–present)

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