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Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)

Born
October 2, 1907
Age in 2026
119
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1907

About Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and 1985 to 1989. He ran for president eight times and was victorious in 1951, 1960, 1964 and 1985. His 1951 victory was annulled by a military junta led by Hugo Ballivián, and his 1964 victory was interrupted by the 1964 Bolivian coup d'état. In 1941 Víctor Paz Estenssoro co-founded (along with Hernán Siles and others) the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, MNR), originally a reformist revolutionary movement and later a centrist party. When at long last elections were called in 1978, it was apparently Hernán Siles who won it (there were vast irregularities and the elections were annulled), with Paz getting only third place. Paz Estenssoro nonetheless ran for president in 1947, earning 3rd place, and again in 1951, when the MNR won the electoral contest, despite suffrage at the time being limited to a small, propertied segment of the population.

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Víctor Paz Estenssoro timeline

  1. In 1941 Víctor Paz Estenssoro co-founded (along with Hernán Siles and others) the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, MNR), originally a reformist revolutionary movement and later a centrist party.
  2. Paz Estenssoro nonetheless ran for president in 1947, earning 3rd place, and again in 1951, when the MNR won the electoral contest, despite suffrage at the time being limited to a small, propertied segment of the population.
  3. When at long last elections were called in 1978, it was apparently Hernán Siles who won it (there were vast irregularities and the elections were annulled), with Paz getting only third place.

The world when Víctor Paz Estenssoro was born

Víctor Paz Estenssoro was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Víctor Paz Estenssoro's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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