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Hugo Banzer
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President of Bolivia from 1971 to 1978 and 1997 to 2001
Key facts
- Vice president
- Jorge Quiroga
- Preceded by
- Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
- Succeeded by
- Jorge Quiroga
- President
- René Barrientos , Alfredo Ovando
- Born
- Hugo Banzer Suárez , ( 1926-05-10 ) 10 May 1926, Concepción , Santa Cruz , Republic of Bolivia
- Died
- 5 May 2002 (2002-05-05) (aged 75), Santa Cruz , Republic of Bolivia
- Party
- Nationalist Democratic Action
- Other political affiliations
- Nationalist Popular Front
- Spouse
- Yolanda Prada
- Parent s
- César Banzer, Luisa Suárez
- Education
- Military College of the Army, Armored Cavalry School, School of the Americas
- Awards
- Order of the Condor of the Andes , Order of Isabella the Catholic , Order of the Sun of Peru
- Allegiance
- Bolivia
- Branch service
- Bolivian Army
- Years of service
- 1952–1978
- Rank
- General
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bolivia
- Place of birth
- Concepción
- Place of death
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- president of Bolivia
- Political party
- Nationalist Democratic Action
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Military branch
- Bolivian Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- GralHugoBanzerSuarez.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1926-05-10
- date of death
- 2002-05-05
- Commons category
- Hugo Banzer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- second family name in Spanish name
- Suárez
- name in native language
- Hugo Banzer Suárez
- candidacy in election
- 1997 Bolivian general election
- P10632
- Hugo Banzer
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hugo Banzer Suárez ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo ˈβanseɾ ˈswaɾes]; 10 May 1926 – 5 May 2002) was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 as a military dictator; and then again from 1997 to 2001, as a democratically elected president.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hugo Banzer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.