People/labour leader, politician

Juan Lechin Oquendo

Juan Lechin Oquendo (1914–2001), labour leader, politician, from Bolivia. Linked to tin.

Legacy

Wikidata describes him as a trade unionist and Vice President of Bolivia. After 1952 the miners' federation shared management of COMIBOL, the state mining company.1,2

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Timeline

  1. 31 October 1952Bolivia nationalises the tin mines3
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People

Partner ofVictor Paz EstenssoroVice President under Paz after the 1952 revolution.1

Events

Worked atBolivia nationalises the tin minesMiners' leader who shared management of the nationalised mines.1

Sources

  1. COMIBOL Encyclopedia.com (reprinting a publisher's reference work)
  2. Wikidata item Q450635
  3. Bolivia: the Bolivian National Revolution, 1952-64 US Library of Congress Federal Research Division (via countrystudies.us)

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