Néstor Guillén

Bolivian judge and 40th President of Bolivia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillén and the second or maternal family name is Olmos.

Néstor Guillén Olmos (28 January 1890 – 12 March 1966) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 40th President of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis in 1946.

1 Background and earlier career
2 President of Bolivia
3 Later career and death
4 See also
5 Sources

Background and earlier career

Born in La Paz, Guillén studied law and rose to become the dean of the Superior District Court of La Paz.

President of Bolivia

Néstor Guillén served as President of Bolivia for 27 days between July and August 1946, following the overthrow and **ination of President Gualberto Villarroel (1943–46). Upon the death of Villarroel, the alliance of forces that had toppled him needed a reliable and impartial caretaker (given the mood of the citizenry, which had just shown what it was capable of during the revolt) to guide the country to elections. They settled on the head of the La Paz Court of Appeals, Tomás Monje Gutiérrez, who was ill at the time. Thus, Guillén filled in for him for fewer than four weeks, whereupon Monje was sworn-in as President.

Later career and death

Guillén then returned to his judgeship and died on 12 March 1966 in La Paz, Bolivia.

Sources

Mesa José de; Gisbert, Teresa; and Carlos D. Mesa, "Historia De Bolivia", 3rd edition., pp.:577–578.