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Carlos Víctor Aramayo
Minister of Finance
and Industry
In office
1 December 1934 – 12 April 1935
PresidentJosé Luis Tejada Sorzano
Preceded byJoaquín Espada
Succeeded byFederico Gutiérrez Granier
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Worship
Acting
In office
5 April 1935 – 12 April 1935
PresidentJosé Luis Tejada Sorzano
Preceded byDavid Alvéstegui Laredo
Succeeded byTomás Manuel Elío
Personal details
Born(1889-10-07)7 October 1889
Paris, France
Died14 April 1981(1981-04-14) (aged 91)
Paris, France
OccupationSouth American industrialist

Carlos Víctor Aramayo (7 October 1889, Paris – 14 April 1981, Paris) was a Bolivian industrialist and politician.

Biography

Aramayo was one of Bolivia's three principal tin magnates alongside Simón Iturri Patiño and Mauricio Hochschild in the early 20th century. Responsible for over half of global tin production, they were known as the three tin barons.

In 1926, Carlos Víctor Aramayo was appointed President of Compagnie Aramayo de Mines en Bolivie SA (CAMB) with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The holding company represented the assets of the Aramayo family in mining (mainly bismuth, tin, tungsten, and other metals) and land properties across Bolivia.

As CAMB President, one of Aramayo's first major decision was to form a subsidiary for CAMB in charge of the purchase of machinery and supplies and for hiring specialist personnel around Europe. In 1929, Mining and Chemical Products Ltd (MCP) was formed in London. Around the same time, Aramayo was appointed as Bolivia's Ambassador to London and then to Paris.

In 1935, Aramayo was appointed as Bolivia Finance minister by president José Luis Tejada Sorzano.

Throughout the Second World War, MCP contributed to the Allied war effort by producing and selling vital anti-aircraft gun components exclusively to the US and to the UK.

In 1952 CAMB's mines and all other properties in Bolivia were nationalised by the Bolivian revolution of 1952.

During his lifetime, Aramayo had different important positions in his country and abroad as newspaper owner (La Razon), Member of Congress, Ambassador of Bolivia to London and Paris, Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs during president Sorzano's term.

After his death, he was succeeded as President of CAMB and MCP by his nephew John German-Ribon.

References


References

  1. Profile of Carlos Víctor Aramayo
  2. "Index Ar-As".
Political offices
Preceded byJoaquín Espada Minister of Finance
and Industry
1934–1935 		Succeeded byFederico Gutiérrez Granier
Preceded byDavid Alvéstegui Laredo Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Worship
Acting
1935 		Succeeded byTomás Manuel Elío
Cabinet of President José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1934–1936)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Government
  • Tomás Manuel Elío (1934–1935)
  • José Aguirre Espada (1935)
  • Alfredo Peñaranda (1935)
  • José Aguirre Espada (1935–1936)
  • Gabriel Palenque (1936)
Minister of Defense
Minister of Development
  • José Aguirre Espada (1934–1935)
  • Carlos Calvo Calbimontes (1935)
  • Manuel Carrasco Jimenez (1935)
  • José Aguirre Espada (1935)
  • Antenor Ichazo (1935–1936)
Minister of Finance
Minister of Instruction
Minister of War


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