Carlos Quintanilla
Carlos Quintanilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portrait of Quintanilla, c. 1939–1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37th President of Bolivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Vacant (1939) None (1939–1940) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Germán Busch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Enrique Peñaranda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga 22 January 1888 Cochabamba, Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 June 1965 (aged 77) Cochabamba, Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lila Navajas Trigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Jenaro Quintanilla Carlota Quiroga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Military College of the Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch/service | Bolivian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Chaco War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga (22 January 1888 – 8 June 1964) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 37th president of Bolivia from 1939 to 1940. Quintanilla saw action in the initial stages of the Chaco War (1932–1935) and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became commander of the army during the administration of Germán Busch. When President Busch committed suicide on 23 August 1939, Quintanilla declared himself Provisional President of the Republic.
Though Quintanilla had ambitions of exercising a longer government, pressure from both the left and right wings of the political spectrum forced him to call general elections on 10 March 1940. Despite his pledge to "continue the [...] social and economic policy" of Busch, Quintanilla's short mandate was spent dismantling the socialist laws of his predecessors and ensuring that the conservative traditional parties of the pre-Chaco war era returned to power.