Óscar Únzaga
Óscar Únzaga | |
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Leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange | |
In office 15 August 1945 – 19 April 1959 | |
Preceded by | Himself (as general secretary) |
Succeeded by | Mario Gutiérrez |
General Secretary of the Bolivian Socialist Falange | |
In office 15 August 1937 – 15 August 1945 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Himself (as party leader) |
Personal details | |
Born | Óscar Únzaga de la Vega (1916-04-19)19 April 1916 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Died | 19 April 1959(1959-04-19) (aged 43) La Paz, Bolivia |
Cause of death | Suicide |
Political party | Bolivian Socialist Falange |
Óscar Únzaga de la Vega (19 April 1916 – 19 April 1959) was a Bolivian political figure and rebel. Most significantly, he founded the Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB) movement in 1937, and ran for President in the 1956 elections, when his party became the main opposition movement to the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR).
In 1959 Únzaga was one of fifty who died during an attempted coup by the FSB, with government forces reporting that he killed himself.[1] Supporters disputed the official version and stated that Únzaga had been assassinated. He is revered as a hero and martyr by some factions of well-to-do Bolivian political elites.
References
- ^ Phil Gunson, Andrew Thompson & Greg Chamberlain, The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, London: Routledge, 1990, pp. 38-39
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Preceded by New political party | General Secretary of the Bolivian Socialist Falange 1937–1945 | Succeeded by Himself as Leader of the Party |
Preceded by Himself as General Secretary | Leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange 1945–1959 | Succeeded by Mario Gutiérrez |
Preceded by | Bolivian Socialist Falange nominee for President of Bolivia 1956 |
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