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Hernando Siles Reyes
31st President of Bolivia
In office 10 January 1926 – 28 May 1930
Vice President	Abdón Saavedra
Preceded by	Felipe Segundo Guzmán (provisional)
Succeeded by	Carlos Blanco Galindo
Other offices Minister of War and Colonization In office 27 June 1922 – 23 January 1923 President Bautista Saavedra Preceded by Pastor Baldivieso Succeeded by Hans Kundt Minister of Instruction and Agriculture In office 9 January 1922 – 27 June 1922 President Bautista Saavedra Preceded by Ricardo Jaimes Freyre Succeeded by Felipe Segundo Guzmán
Personal details
Born	(1882-08-05)5 August 1882 Sucre, Bolivia
Died	23 November 1942(1942-11-23) (aged 60) Lima, Peru
Political party	Nationalist (from 1926) Socialist Republican (1921–1926)
Spouse	Luisa Salinas Vega
Children	Hernán Luis Jorge
Parents	Adolfo Siles Remedios Reyes
Education	University of Saint Francis Xavier
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Hernando Siles Reyes (5 August 1882 – 23 November 1942) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 31st president of Bolivia from 1926 to 1930. The founder of the Nationalist Party, he soon gravitated toward the Saavedrista faction of the Republican Party, which had come to power in 1920. Chosen by President Saavedra to be his successor in 1926, Siles ran on a ticket that included the latter's brother, Abdon Saavedra, as his vice-presidential running mate. This formula won the elections, and Siles Reyes was sworn in August, 1926. Soon, he came to be regarded as one of the most charismatic Bolivian politicians in recent memory, especially when he broke openly with the domineering ex-President Bautista Saavedra, and exiled him along with his brother (hitherto Siles's own Vice-President). Despite all this, the Siles government soon ran into economic and political difficulties associated with the far-reaching effects of the "crash" of 1929. Moreover, his term was marked by rising diplomatic tensions with neighboring Paraguay which would later lead to the Chaco War. Many more opponents were exiled, giving Siles some breathing room, but matters reached a breaking point when, in 1930, the President attempted to unilaterally increase his term in office, ostensibly to deal with the mounting economic and international crisis. This was all his opponents needed, and with a coup d'état clearly in the offing, Siles resigned on May 28, 1930, leaving his cabinet in charge. The latter was overthrown by General Carlos Blanco, who in 1931 called elections which were won by Daniel Salamanca of the Partido Republicano-Genuino. Siles lived the rest of his life in exile, dying in Lima in 1942 at the age of 60.

Hernando Siles' older son, Hernán Siles Zuazo, became himself Constitutional President of Bolivia, ruling from 1956 to 1960, and again from 1982 to 1985. His younger son Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas was acting President of Bolivia for a few months in 1969.

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