Luis García Meza

President of Bolivia

8 August 1929 La Paz, Bolivia

29 April 2018(2018-04-29) (88) La Paz, Bolivia

17 July 1980 – 4 August 1981

57th President of Bolivia This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Luis García Meza" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2018 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Meza. Luis García Meza Tejada (8 August 1929 – 29 April 2018) was a Bolivian general who served as the de facto 57th President of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations and leader of a violent coup. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer (1971–78).