Eliodoro Villazón
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Eliodoro Villazón was a member of the Liberal party and Constitutional President of his country, Bolivia, between 1909 and 1913.
A native of Cochabamba, he was a lawyer by trade but early in his life entered politics and held a number of offices through various administrations. As a Liberal, he was Minister of Foreign Relations under José Manuel Pando
(1899–1904) and Vice-President to Ismael Montes
(1904–1909). Elected President in 1909, he benefited from the lingering popularity of, and good will to, the successful first Montes administration. Villazón was a measured, competent man and his term was relatively calm and prosperous, at least from the optic of the propertied elites that participated in national life in accordance to the prevailing, largely oligarchic, order. In 1912, his administration accrued a budgetary surplus. High-capacity mining exports and a rubber boom
in the remote northern lowlands fed the economic apogee, which would later prove to be short-lived.
In 1913, Ismael Montes
decided to again run for President and, having won the elections, received the Presidential sash from the same man to whom he had turned it over in 1909, Eliodoro Villazón. The now former-President was named Bolivian ambassador to various countries after leaving office, and died in Cochabamba on September 12, 1939, at age 91.
A native of Cochabamba, he was a lawyer by trade but early in his life entered politics and held a number of offices through various administrations. As a Liberal, he was Minister of Foreign Relations under José Manuel Pando
José Manuel Pando
José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares was President of Bolivia between October 1899 and August 1904. Born in Luribay , he studied medicine, joined the army during the War of the Pacific against Chile , and later dedicated himself to exploring his country's vast and thinly populated lowland forests...
(1899–1904) and Vice-President to Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes Gamboa was a Bolivian general and political figure. He served as the President of Bolivia between 1904 and 1909 and again between 1913 and 1917....
(1904–1909). Elected President in 1909, he benefited from the lingering popularity of, and good will to, the successful first Montes administration. Villazón was a measured, competent man and his term was relatively calm and prosperous, at least from the optic of the propertied elites that participated in national life in accordance to the prevailing, largely oligarchic, order. In 1912, his administration accrued a budgetary surplus. High-capacity mining exports and a rubber boom
Rubber boom
The rubber boom was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related with the extraction and commercialization of rubber...
in the remote northern lowlands fed the economic apogee, which would later prove to be short-lived.
In 1913, Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes Gamboa was a Bolivian general and political figure. He served as the President of Bolivia between 1904 and 1909 and again between 1913 and 1917....
decided to again run for President and, having won the elections, received the Presidential sash from the same man to whom he had turned it over in 1909, Eliodoro Villazón. The now former-President was named Bolivian ambassador to various countries after leaving office, and died in Cochabamba on September 12, 1939, at age 91.