Lidia Gueiler

President of Bolivia

28 August 1921 Cochabamba, Bolivia

9 May 2011(2011-05-09) (89) La Paz, Bolivia

Interim

56th President of Bolivia In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gueiler and the second or maternal family name is Tejada. Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th President of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State, and the second in the history of the Americas (the first was Isabel Perón in Argentina between 1974 and 1976). She was the cousin of American actress Raquel Welch.