Cabinet of Celso Torrelio explained

The High Command of the Military of Bolivia entrusted General Celso Torrelio Villa with the Presidency on 4 September 1981, and on 7 September 1981 he formed his cabinet.

Ministry / Date 07.09.1981[1] 05.04.1982[2]
Foreign and Religious Affaire Gonzalo Romero Álvarez García, FSB
Interior, Migration and Justice Romulo Mercado Garnica, mil
National Defense Armando Reyes Villa, mil Jorge Echazú Aguirre, mil
Finance Javier Alcoreza Melgarejo, mil Lucio Paz Rivero, ADN
Planning and Co-ordination Adolfo Linares Arraya, MNR
Education and Culture Juan Vera Antezana, mil
Labor and Union Affairs Guido Suárez Castellón, mil
Industry, Commerce and Tourism Lucio Paz Rivero, ADN Luis Palenque Cordero, MNR
Transport and Communications Hector Caballero Cardozo, mil Gildo Angulo Cabrera, mil
Mining and Metallurgy Carlos Morales Nunez Del Prado, mil
Energy and Hydrocarbons Jorge Zamora Mujia, ind William Mackenny Velasco, ind
Agriculture and Peasant Affairs Carlos Villarroel Navia, mil
Health and Social Security Arnold Hofman Bang Soleto, ind
Housing and Urbanism Edmundo Pereyra Torrico, milRaúl Otermin Rodriguez, ind
Economic Integration Edgar Millares Reyes, FSB
Press, Information and Sports Jaime Humerez Seleme, PSC Mario Marañon Zárate, ind
Aviation Natalio Morales Mosquera, mil
Secretary to the Cabinet Juan Carlos Durán Saucedo, MNR

mil – military

ind – independent

MNR – Revolutionary Nationalist Movement

FSB – Bolivian Socialist Falange

ADN – Nationalist Democratic Action

PSC – Social Christian Party

Notes and References

  1. Decreto Presidencial N° 18586, 07.09.1981. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo
  2. Decreto Presidencial N° 18917, 05.04.1982. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo