Bautista Saavedra

Bautista Saavedra Mallea was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 29th President of Bolivia from 1921 to 1925. He obtained power through a coup d'état supported by the military and was able to withstand coup attempts by the military. Holding anti-indigenous views, he suppressed an indigenous protest in Jesús de Machaca, killing hundreds.