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García Meza, Luis

LC control no.n 83183644
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Personal name headingGarcía Meza, Luis
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Variant(s)García Meza T., Luis (García Meza Tejada)
García Meza Tejada, Luis
Tejada, Luis García Meza
Meza, Luis García
See alsoBolivia. President (1980-1981 : García Meza)
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Birth date1929-08-08
Death date2018-04-29
Place of birthLa Paz (Bolivia)
Place of deathLa Paz (Bolivia)
AffiliationBolivia. Ejército
Profession or occupationGenerals Presidents Dictators
Found inBolivia, cronología de una dictadura, 1982 (subj.) cover (Gral. Luis García Meza)
Bolivia. President (1980-1981 : García Meza). Mensaje presidencial, 1981?: t.p. (Luis García Meza T., Presidente del Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional de las Fuerzas Armadas; seal of Bolivia)
Countries of the world and their leaders, 1984 (Bolivia: in 7/17/80 Army Gen. Luis García Meza Tejada led a mil. coup to oust newly elected Hernán Siles Zuazo; mil. rebellion ousted García in 8/81)
Wikipedia, 11 April 2017 (Luis García Meza Tejada; born August 8, 1929 in La Paz, Bolivia; former Bolivian dictator; native of La Paz; career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of Hugo Banzer (1971-78); García Meza was between 1980-1981 the dictator of Bolivia)
New York times WWW site, viewed May 3, 2018 (in obituary published May 2: Gen. Luis García Meza; b. Luis García Meza Tejada, Aug. 8, 1929 (although he once gave his birth year as 1932), La Paz; d. there Sunday [Apr. 29, 2018], aged 88; former Bolivian dictator who was convicted of genocide after leading a brief but brutal rule that had been engineered by cocaine cartels and a Nazi war criminal)
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