Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague Biography and Timeline

Birth of Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague

Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague is born in Sucre.

Vice President

Urriolagoitia is elected vice president alongside Enrique Hertzog.

Role range: 1947-1949 – 1947-1949

Nationalist Revolutionary Movement

Urriolagoitia expands repression against the MNR and other reformist organisations.

Role range: 1949-1951

Civil War of 1949

Urriolagoitia's government defeats a nationwide MNR-led uprising known as the Civil War of 1949.

Role range: 1949-1951

Conservative Government

Urriolagoitia leads a conservative administration facing growing opposition from the MNR and labour movement.

Role range: 1949-1951

Nationalist Revolutionary Movement

The Urriolagoitia Government barely regains control, the die is cast on the moribund "Oligarchic State" of 1880-1936, resuscitated only temporarily (194043 and 194652) by the economic and mining interests that uphold it. A counter-reaction takes place and a series of violent nation-wide rebellions catalyze the so-called Civil War of MaySeptember 1949

Role range: 1949-1951

President of Bolivia

Urriolagoitia begins serving as President of Bolivia after Hertzog's resignation.

Role range: 1949-1951 – 1949-1951

Death of Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague

Former president Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague dies in Sucre.