Gualberto Villarroel

President of Bolivia

15 December 1908 Villa Rivero, Cochabamba, Bolivia

21 July 1946(1946-07-21) (37) La Paz, Bolivia

20 December 1943 – 21 July 1946

39th President of Bolivia For the Bolivian province, see Gualberto Villarroel Province. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villarroel and the second or maternal family name is López. Gualberto Villarroel López (15 December 1908 – 21 July 1946) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 39th President of Bolivia from 1943 to 1946. A reformist, sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Perón, he is nonetheless remembered for his alleged fascist sympathies and his violent demise on 21 July 1946.