Events in the year 1959 in Bolivia.
Incumbents President: Hernán Siles Zuazo (MNR) Vice President: Vacant Ongoing events Bolivian National Revolution (1952–1964) Events 19 April – An attempted coup d'état led by the Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB) fails to depose President Siles Zuazo and ends in the suicide of the FSB's leader. Births 5 June – Betty Tejada, president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2014. Deaths 19 April – Óscar Únzaga, 43, leader of the Bolivian Socialist Falange (b. 1916)
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