Background
SILES, Hernando was born in 1882 in Sucre, Auruct 5. Son of Adolfo Siles and Remedios Reyes de Siles.
lawyer ex-Presidcnt of Bolivia
SILES, Hernando was born in 1882 in Sucre, Auruct 5. Son of Adolfo Siles and Remedios Reyes de Siles.
Professor, civil law, Institute de Comercio, La Paz, 1911-1917. President, University de San Francisco Xavier, 1917-1920, dean, faculty of law, 1918. Prefect, department, of Oruro, 1920.
Diplomatic minister to Mexico, 1920. National deputy for Oruro, 192023. Minister of public edn., 1921.
Minister of war and colonization, 1922. National senator for Chuquisaca, 1924-1926. Electrical Engineer and.
LI. B., University de San Francisco Xavier, Sucre, 1905. Teacher of physics and chemistry, Liceo Cordova, Sucre, 1903.;;;;;;;; M.P. to Peru, 1924-1925, Chile, 1934-1937.
President of the Republic, 1926-1930.; ambassador to Chile, 1939-1940, Peru, 1941. Acting head, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, 1945.
Member supreme court, 1938. Member (lion.) Society Geográfica de Lima. Decorations from Belgium, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador.
Married Luisa Salinas Vega de Siles. Children: Luis Adolfo, Jorge Alberto, and Teresa.