José Gutiérrez Guerra

José Gutiérrez Guerra was a Bolivian politician who served as president from 1917 to 1920. A coup against his government ended the Conservative Party’s long rule.

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Conservative Party (Bolivia): A Bolivian political party that dominated national government from 1884 until the 1920 coup. Gutiérrez Guerra became president as this party’s rule approached its end.
1920 Bolivian coup d'état: The military-backed overthrow of José Gutiérrez Guerra that brought the Republican Party to power in Bolivia. It removed Gutiérrez Guerra and ended Conservative Party rule.
Eliodoro Villazón: A Bolivian Liberal politician who served as president from 1909 to 1913. His earlier presidency belongs to the Liberal era that preceded Gutiérrez Guerra’s term.
Presidency of José Gutiérrez Guerra: The period of Bolivian government under José Gutiérrez Guerra, from 1917 until his overthrow in 1920. It gathers the policies and political crises of his time in office.
Bolivian tin mining: The extraction and export of tin that became central to Bolivia’s economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tin wealth shaped the economy and political interests of the era in which he governed.
Republican Party (Bolivia): A Bolivian political party formed in 1914 that seized power after the 1920 coup. Its rise to government was the immediate political result of his overthrow.
Ismael Montes: A Bolivian Liberal politician who served as president from 1904 to 1909 and 1913 to 1917. He was president immediately before Gutiérrez Guerra and remained a major political figure.
Bolivian general election, 1917: The Bolivian election that brought José Gutiérrez Guerra to the presidency in 1917. It marks the electoral beginning of his presidential term.
Liberal Party (Bolivia): A Bolivian political party that ruled from 1899 to 1920, succeeding the Conservatives after the Federal War. Its takeover after the coup ended the Conservative political order Gutiérrez Guerra represented.
Bautista Saavedra: A Bolivian politician who became president after the 1920 coup and formally took office in 1921. He emerged as a leading figure in the political order that replaced Gutiérrez Guerra’s government.