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Bolivian writer, journalist, historian, and politician

Armando Alba Zambrana


Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs
In office 10 March 1947 – 14 January 1948
President	Enrique Hertzog
Preceded by	Manuel Elías P.
Succeeded by	Alberto Salinas López

Personal details
Born	9 February 1901
Died	10 October 1974(1974-10-10) (aged 73)

Armando Alba Zambrana (9 February 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a Bolivian writer, journalist, historian and politician from Potosí. He won the Premio Nacional de Cultura in 1969. He was an important member of Gesta Bárbara and founded the Editorial Potosí group of writers. During the administration of President Enrique Hertzog, Alba was appointed Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs. He was also the Bank Secretary of Potosí and the 100th anniversary of birth was celebrated in 2001.

Works

Voces áulicas (poetry, 1918).
Temple de la montaña y otros cuentos (stories, 1926).
Imagen de Potosí y de su Casa Real de Moneda (essays, 1946).
Enumeración del Proceso Potosino y "Gesta Bárbara" (essays, 1946).
Del viejo hontanar (poetry, 1970).
Bolívar (anthology, 1970).
Prólogos escogidos (2001).
Imagen de Potosí (2001).

References

"Armando Alba, 119 años después". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
Gisbert 2003, pp. 348–349
Araujo Subieta, Mario (2001). "Armando Alba y la Casa de Moneda". Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia. pp. 1–248. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
"Fundación Cultural Banco Central de Bolivia, Issues 14-15; Issues 17-19". La Fundación. 2001. pp. 49–55. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

Bibliography

Álvarez del Real, María Eloísa (1991). 12.000 minibiografías. Panamá: América, S.A. p. 21. ISBN 0-944499-76-7.
Blanco Mamani, Elías (2005). Enciclopedia Gesta de autores de la literatura boliviana. La Paz: Plural Editores. p. 15. ISBN 99905-63-62-4.
Gisbert, Carlos D. Mesa (2003). Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado (in Spanish). Editorial Gisbert. pp. 344–347.

Political offices
Preceded byManuel Elías P.	Minister of Education and Indigenous Affairs 1947–1948	Succeeded byAlberto Salinas López

v t e Cabinet of President Enrique Hertzog (1947–1949)
Vice President	Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1947–1949)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1947) Luis Fernando Guachalla (1947) Tomás Manuel Elío (1947–1948) Adolfo Costa du Rels (1948) Javier Paz Campero (1948–1949) Juan Manuel Balcázar (1949) Luis Fernando Guachalla (1949)
Minister of Government	Luis Ponce Lozada (1947) Alfredo Mollinedo (1947–1949)
Minister of Defense	Néstor Guillén (1947) Eduardo Montes Montes (1947) Pedro Zilveti Arce (1947–1948) Gustavo Carlos Otero (1948–1949) Waldo Belmonte Pool (1949)
Minister of Finance	Alcides Molina (1947) Carlos Guachalla (1947–1948) José Romero Loza (1948–1949) Vicente Leyton (1949) Héctor Ormachea Zalles (1949)
Minister of Economy	Germán Costas (1947) Raul Laguna Lozada (1947–1948) Arturo Gutiérrez Tezanos-Pinto (1948) Ernesto Monasterios (1948–1949) Alberto Sarti Peláez (1949) Germán Zegarra Caero (1949)
Minister of Public Works	Aniceto Quezada (1947) Gustavo Henrich (1947–1948) Luis Ponce Lozada (1948) Constantino Carrión (1948–1949) Guillermo Gutiérrez Vea Murguía (1949)
Minister of Work	Carlos Morales Ugarte (1947) Alfredo Mendizábal (1947) Daniel Gamarra (1947–1948) Ernesto Monasterios (1948) Julio Céspedes Añez (1948) Julio Tellez Reyes (1948–1949) Fernando Loayza Beltrán (1949) Gastón Arauz Eguía (1949)
Minister of Health	Carlos Morales Ugarte (1947) Melchor Pinto (1947–1948) Juan Manuel Balcázar (1948–1949) Agustín Benavides (1949) Juan Manuel Balcázar (1949)
Minister of Education	Armando Alba Zambrana (1947–1948) Alberto Salinas López (1948) Víctor Cabrera Lozada (1948) Antonio Rico Toro (1948–1949) José Chávez Suárez (1949)
Minister of Agriculture	José Saavedra Suárez (1947) Osvaldo Gutiérrez (1947) Eduardo Tardío (1947–1948) Germán Zegarra Caero (1948) Eduardo Guzmán Villa (1948–1949) Gilfredo Cortés Candia (1949) Miguel Mercado Moreira (1949)

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