Luis Adolfo Siles

Luis Adolfo Siles
49th President of Bolivia
In office
27 April 1969 – 26 September 1969
Vice PresidentVacant
Preceded byRené Barrientos
Succeeded byAlfredo Ovando Candía
31st Vice President of Bolivia
In office
6 August 1966 – 27 April 1969
PresidentRené Barrientos
Preceded byRené Barrientos
Succeeded byJaime Paz Zamora
Personal details
Born
Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas

(1925-06-21)21 June 1925
La Paz, Bolivia
Died19 October 2005(2005-10-19) (aged 80)
La Paz, Bolivia
Political partyOffensive of the Democratic Left 1978–1980
Social Democratic (1944–1978)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Revolutionary Front–New Alternative (political coalition, 1980)
Front of the Bolivian Revolution (political coalition, 1966)
SpouseClemencia Santa Cruz
RelationsHernán Siles Zuazo (half-brother)
Jorge Siles Salinas (brother)
Children
  • Luis
  • Clemencia
  • Luisa
  • Bernardo
  • Loretto
Parent(s)Hernando Siles Reyes
Luisa Salinas Vega
EducationUniversity of Saint Francis Xavier
Awards Order of the Sun of Peru
Order of Isabella the Catholic
Order of Civil Merit
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Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas (21 June 1925 – 19 October 2005)[1] was a Bolivian politician who served as the 49th president of Bolivia in 1969 and as the 31st vice president of Bolivia from 1966 to 1969.

  1. ^ "Obituary: Luis Adolfo Siles". The Guardian. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2020.