What country in South America had ten different presidents in ten years?

Answer 1

Argentina (1973-1982) and Chile (1924-1932).

Peru had 10 heads of state from 1872 to 1881.

Bolivia had 11 heads of state between 1978 and 1982.

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Argentina had 12 presidents or acting presidents in 10 years during the Peron and junta years. The end of the 37th president's term was in May 1973 (Alejandro Lanusse) and the 45th president's term ended in July 1982 (Reynaldo Bignone). There were 10 persons who held the office between them, including Juan Peron and Isabel Peron:

Héctor José Cámpora

Raúl Alberto Lastiri

Juan Domingo Perón

Isabel Martínez de Perón

Jorge Rafael Videla

Roberto Viola

Horacio Tomás Liendo (acting)

Carlos Alberto Lacoste

Leopoldo Galtieri

Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean (interim)

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Chile had 10 rulers between the deposition of Arturo Alessandri in September 1924 and his reinstatement in December 1932, not including Allessandri himself for 6 months in 1925:

Luis Altamirano

Pedro Dartnell

Emilio Bello Codesido

Emiliano Figueroa

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Juan Esteban Montero

Arturo Puga

Carlos Dávila

Bartolomé Blanche

Abraham Oyanedel

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Peru had 10 or 11 civilian, military, or caretaker leaders following the overthrow of

José Balta in July, 1872 and the military occupation by Chile in 1881.

José Balta

Tomás Gutiérrez

Francisco Diez Canseco

Mariano Herencia Zevallos

Manuel Pardo

Mariano Ignacio Prado

Nicolás de Piérola

Francisco García Calderón

Lizardo Montero Flores

Andrés Avelino Cáceres (southern)

Miguel Iglesias (northern)

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When Bolivia's military leader Hugo Banzer was pressured to step down as dictator in July, 1978, his fraudulently elected successor was also forced to step down, and a succession of junta or soon-deposed civilian leaders ran the country. This period lasted until the election of former president Hernan Siles Suazo in 1982.

Víctor González Fuentes

Juan Pereda

David Padilla

Wálter Guevara

Alberto Natusch

Lidia Gueiler Tejada

Luis García Meza Tejada

(Waldo Bernal Pereira/Celso Torrelio/Óscar Jaime Pammo)

Celso Torrelio

Guido Vildoso