1959 in Bolivia

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)