Germán Busch

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Germán Busch Becerra (San Javier Santa Cruz province or El Carmen de Itenez Beni province Bolivia March 23 1904 – August 23 1939) was a former Bolivian military officer hero of the Chaco War (1932–35 in which Bolivia was defeated by Paraguay) and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch birthplace is still under disputesome historians points to San Javier in central Bolivia’s hot fertile coffee-growing region others to El Carmen de Itenez northern in a cattle growing region son of a physician a German immigrant and a mother of Italian descent.

active years end date

1936-05-20, 1939-08-23

active years start date

1936-05-17, 1937-07-13

birth date

1904-04-23

birth place

Bolivia, San Javier Ñuflo de Chávez, El_Carmen_de_Itenez

death date

1939-08-23

death place

Bolivia, La Paz

order in office

President of Bolivia

successor

Carlos Quintanilla, David Toro