Background
LIRA GIRÓN, Luis was born on September 8, 1903 in Sucre. Son of Dr. Isaac de Lira and Casta Rosa Girón Santiváñez de Lira.
LIRA GIRÓN, Luis was born on September 8, 1903 in Sucre. Son of Dr. Isaac de Lira and Casta Rosa Girón Santiváñez de Lira.
Educated Colegio Junin, University de San Andrés. Bachelor of Laws, University de San Francisco Xavier, Sucre.
Student assistant (profesor-estudiante) of literature and philosophy ad interim in the Colegio Nacional “Junin,” 1918. Private secretary to the president of the National Convention of 1920. Official (in various capacities) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of La Paz, 1921-1924.
Director of the review La Ilustración, 1923-1924. First secretary of the Bolivian legation to Perú, 1925-1929. At one time charge d'affaires in Perú.
Deputy from the Province of Yamparáez to the ill-fated National Convention of 1930 (disrupted by the revolution of the same year). Bolivian consul in Salta, Argentina, 19321933. Administrative official of the Bolivian General Staff (and later of the General Staff of the First Army Corps) since 1933.
Sociedad Geográfica of Sucre. Sociedad "Filarmónica Sucre”. Círculo de Bellas Artes de Poto.
Ateneo de la Juventud of La Paz (secretary, 1923). Federaciones de Estudiantes of Sucre and La Paz (secretary, 1918— 1922). Circulo de Bellas Artes de La Paz (secretary, 1924).
Also member of various athletic clubs.