The president of Bolivia is the head of state and head of government of Bolivia, directly elected to a five-year term by the Bolivian people. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.
Since the office was established in 1825, 65 men and 2 women have served as president. The first president, Simón Bolívar, was elected by the General Assembly of Deputies of the Province of Upper Peru. For purposes of numbering, members of jointly-ruling juntas and other governing bodies are not included in the official count of presidents, unless one member later assumed the presidency in their own right. Three presidents: Antonio José de Sucre, Germán Busch, and Hernán Siles Zuazo became, after a brief, non-consecutive, interim exercise of power, presidents for longer terms later. In these cases, they are numbered according to that second term. Therefore, Busch is counted as the 36th president, not the 35th, Siles Zuazo as the 46th instead of the 45th, etc.
The presidency of Pedro Blanco Soto, who was assassinated six days after taking office in 1828, was the shortest in Bolivian history. Evo Morales served the longest, over thirteen years, before resigning in 2019. He is the only president to have served more than two consecutive terms. José Miguel de Velasco and Víctor Paz Estenssoro each served for four terms. However, all of Velasco's were non-consecutive and two were in an acting capacity while Paz Estenssoro only served twice consecutively in 1960 and 1964.
Three presidents died in office, one of natural causes and two through tragic circumstances (Adolfo Ballivián, Germán Busch, and René Barrientos). Three were assassinated (Pedro Blanco Soto, Agustín Morales, and Gualberto Villarroel). The latter resigned mere hours before his death. Additionally, Manuel Antonio Sánchez and Pedro José de Guerra died of natural causes while exercising provisional presidential functions while eight former presidents were assassinated after leaving office (Antonio José de Sucre, Eusebio Guilarte, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Jorge Córdova, Mariano Melgarejo, Hilarión Daza, José Manuel Pando, and Juan José Torres).
Five vice presidents assumed the presidency during a presidential term (José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Jorge Quiroga, and Carlos Mesa). Tejada Sorzano was the first to do so in 1934 while Quiroga was the only one to complete the term of their predecessor (Tejada Sorzano extended his mandate past the term of his predecessor).
22 presidents were deposed in 23 coups d'état (1839, 1841; twice, 1848; twice, 1857, 1861, 1864, 1871, 1876, 1879, 1920, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1978; twice, 1979, and 1980). Velasco was deposed twice in 1841 and December 1848. Additionally, the Council of Ministers of Hernando Siles Reyes was deposed in 1930. Three presidents were deposed by a civil war, a popular uprising, and a revolution. Transmissions of command from one de facto government to another de facto government occurred in seven cases (1841, 1946, 1965, 1966, 1981; twice, and 1982). Two special cases occurred in 1939 when Carlos Quintanilla was installed by the military after the death of Germán Busch and in 1951 when President Mamerto Urriolagoitía resigned in a self-coup in favor of a military junta. Two unconstitutional successions occurred in 1930 when Hernando Siles Reyes entrusted command to his council of ministers and 1934 when Daniel Salamanca was ousted in favor of his vice president, José Luis Tejada Sorzano. Finally, some supporters of Evo Morales claim that he was ousted by a coup d'état and that the presidency of Jeanine Áñez was an unconstitutional succession of power. However, this is disputed.[1]
There are seven living former presidents. The most recent to die was Luis García Meza, on 29 April 2018.
Heads of state of the State of Upper Peru, or Republic of Bolívar (1825–1826) | |||||||||||
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Presidency | Portrait | President | Party | Designation | Government | Vice President | |||||
From 6–11 August 1825, the presidency was fulfilled by José Mariano Serrano. | Legal acting | rowspan=4 colspan=2 | |||||||||
From 11 to 12 August 1825, the presidency was fulfilled by Antonio José de Sucre. | Legal acting | ||||||||||
1 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Bolívar, Simón" | Simón Bolívar | Independent | Elected by the | [2] | |||||
2 | – Legal change | data-sort-value="de Sucre, Antonio José" | Antonio José de Sucre | Independent | Received command from Bolívar | [3] | |||||
Presidents of the Bolivian Republic (1826–1868) | |||||||||||
Presidency | President | Party | Designation | Government | Vice President | ||||||
2 | – Delegated command – Resigned | From 25 to 28 May 1826, the presidency was fulfilled by Casimiro Olañeta. | Legal acting | rowspan=3 colspan=2 | |||||||
Antonio José de Sucre | Independent | Elected by the General Constituent Congress | [4] [5] | ||||||||
Legal [6] | |||||||||||
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Elected by the General Constituent Congress | Constitutional [7] | ||||||||||
3 | data-sort-value="Pérez de Urdininea, José María" | José María Pérez de Urdininea | Independent | Received command from Sucre ---- | Constitutional acting [8] [9] | ||||||
4 | – End of mandate | José Miguel de Velasco | Independent | Received command from Sucre ---- | Constitutional acting | ||||||
Elected by the General Constituent Congress | Constitutional provisional acting [10] | colspan=2 | |||||||||
From 18 to 26 December 1828, the presidency was fulfilled by José Ramón de Loayza. | Elected by the General Assembly | Constitutional provisional acting | colspan=2 | ||||||||
5 | – Died in office | data-sort-value="Blanco Soto, Pedro" | Pedro Blanco Soto | Independent | Received command from Loayza | Constitutional provisional | data-sort-value="de Loayza, José Ramón" | José Ramón de Loayza | |||
4 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="de Velasco, José Miguel" | José Miguel de Velasco | Independent | Elected by the Constituent Congress | Constitutional acting [11] | colspan=2 | ||||
6 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | Andrés de Santa Cruz | Independent | Received command from Velasco | Constitutional provisional | José Miguel de Velasco | |||||
Elected by the General Constituent Assembly | Constitutional provisional [12] | ||||||||||
Elected by the General Constituent Assembly | Constitutional [13] | ||||||||||
Mariano Enrique Calvo | |||||||||||
Elected by the parish electoral boards | Constitutional | ||||||||||
Elected by the Tapacarí, Huaura, and Sicuani Congresses | Constitutional [14] | ||||||||||
From 18 July 1838 – 17 February 1839, the presidency was fulfilled by Mariano Enrique Calvo. | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
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4 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | José Miguel de Velasco | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto [15] | rowspan=2 colspan=2 | |||||
Elected by the General Constituent Congress | Constitutional provisional [16] | ||||||||||
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Elected by the Constitutional Congress | Constitutional [17] | ||||||||||
7 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Ágreda, Sebastián" | Sebastián Ágreda | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | |||||
8 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Calvo, Mariano Enrique" | Mariano Enrique Calvo | Independent | Received command from Ágreda | De facto | |||||
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9 | – Resigned | José Ballivián | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional [18] [19] | ||||||
Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional provisional [20] | ||||||||||
1844 general election | Constitutional [21] | ||||||||||
10 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Guilarte, Eusebio" | Eusebio Guilarte | Independent | Constitutional succession | Constitutional acting [22] | |||||
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4 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | José Miguel de Velasco | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto [23] | ||||||
Elected by the Extraordinary Congress | De facto provisional [24] | ||||||||||
From 12 October – 6 December 1838, the presidency was fulfilled by José María Linares.[25] [26] | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
11 | – End of term | Manuel Isidoro Belzu | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional | ||||||
1850 general election | Constitutional [27] [28] | ||||||||||
Dictatorship declared | De facto [29] | ||||||||||
Constitutional freedoms restored | Constitutional [30] | ||||||||||
12 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Córdova, Jorge" | Jorge Córdova | Independent | 1855 general election | Constitutional [31] | |||||
13 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Linares, José María" | José María Linares | Independent | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional [32] | |||||
From 14 January – 4 May 1861, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | |||||||||
14 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | José María de Achá | Independent | Elected by the Constituent National Assembly | Constitutional provisional [33] | ||||||
1862 general election | Constitutional [34] | ||||||||||
15 | – Legal change | Mariano Melgarejo | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional [35] | ||||||
1868 general election | Constitutional provisional [36] | ||||||||||
Presidents of the Republic of Bolivia (1868–2009) | |||||||||||
Presidency | President | Party | Designation | Government | Vice President | ||||||
15 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | Mariano Melgarejo | Military | 1868 Political Constitution | Constitutional provisional [37] | rowspan=15 colspan=2 | |||||
Dictatorship declared | De facto provisional [38] | ||||||||||
Constitutional freedoms restored | Constitutional provisional [39] | ||||||||||
1870 general election | Constitutional [40] | ||||||||||
16 | – Died in office | Agustín Morales | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | |||||||
De facto [41] | |||||||||||
Elected by the Constituent Assembly | De facto provisional [42] | ||||||||||
1872 general election | Constitutional [43] | ||||||||||
From 27 to 28 November 1872, the presidency was fulfilled by Juan de Dios Bosque. | Constitutional succession | Constitutional acting | |||||||||
17 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Frías, Tomás" | Tomás Frías | Independent | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [44] | |||||
18 | – Died in office | data-sort-value="Ballivián, Adolfo" | Adolfo Ballivián | Red | 1873 general election | Constitutional [45] | |||||
From 31 January – 14 February 1874, the presidency was fulfilled by Tomás Frías. | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
17 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Frías, Tomás" | Tomás Frías | Independent | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [46] | |||||
19 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | Hilarión Daza | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional [47] | ||||||
Elected by the Constituent Assembly | Constitutional provisional [48] | ||||||||||
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From 17 April – 28 December 1879, the presidency was fulfilled by the Council of Ministers.---- | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
From 28 December 1879 – 19 January 1880, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | |||||||||||
20 | – End of term | Narciso Campero | Independent | Received command from the junta | De facto provisional | colspan=2 | |||||
Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional [49] | data-sort-value="Arce, Aniceto" | Aniceto Arce | ||||||||
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data-sort-value="Salinas, Belisario" | Belisario Salinas | ||||||||||
21 | – End of term | Gregorio Pacheco | Democratic | 1884 general election | Constitutional [50] | data-sort-value="Baptista, Mariano" | Mariano Baptista | ||||
Conservative | data-sort-value="Oblitas, Jorge" | Jorge Oblitas | |||||||||
22 | – End of term | Aniceto Arce | Conservative | 1888 general election | Constitutional [51] | data-sort-value="del Carpio, José Manuel" | José Manuel del Carpio | ||||
data-sort-value="Reyes Ortiz, Serapio" | Serapio Reyes Ortiz | ||||||||||
23 | – End of term | Mariano Baptista | Conservative | 1892 general election | Constitutional [52] | data-sort-value="Fernández, Severo" | Severo Fernández | ||||
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24 | – Ousted by the Federal War | Severo Fernández | Conservative | 1896 general election | Constitutional [53] | data-sort-value="Peña, Rafael" | Rafael Peña | ||||
data-sort-value="Sanjinés, Jenaro" | Jenaro Sanjinés | ||||||||||
From 12 April – 25 October 1899, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by the Federal War | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
25 | – End of term | José Manuel Pando | Liberal | Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional [54] | data-sort-value="Pérez Velasco, Lucio" | Lucio Pérez Velasco | ||||
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data-sort-value="Capriles Cabrera, Aníbal" | Aníbal Capriles | ||||||||||
26 | – End of term | Ismael Montes | Liberal | 1904 general election | Constitutional [55] | data-sort-value="Villazón, Eliodoro" | Eliodoro Villazón | ||||
data-sort-value="Abecia, Valentín" | Valentín Abecia | ||||||||||
27 | – End of term | Eliodoro Villazón | Liberal | 1909 presidential election | Constitutional [56] | data-sort-value="Pinilla, Macario" | Macario Pinilla | ||||
Juan Misael Saracho | |||||||||||
26 | – End of term | Ismael Montes | Liberal | 1913 presidential election | Constitutional [57] | ||||||
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data-sort-value="Carrasco, José" | José Carrasco | ||||||||||
28 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | José Gutiérrez Guerra | Liberal | 1917 presidential election | Constitutional [58] | data-sort-value="Vázquez, Ismael" | Ismael Vázquez | ||||
data-sort-value="Santos Quinteros, José" | José Santos Quinteros | ||||||||||
From 13 July 1920 – 28 January 1921, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
29 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Saavedra, Bautista" | Bautista Saavedra | Republican | Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional [59] | colspan=2 | ||||
30 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Segundo Guzmán, Felipe" | Felipe Segundo Guzmán | Republican | Constitutional succession | Constitutional provisional [60] [61] | colspan=2 | ||||
31 | – Resigned | Hernando Siles Reyes | Republican | 1925 general election | Constitutional | Abdón Saavedra | |||||
Nationalist | |||||||||||
From 28 May – 28 June 1930, the presidency was fulfilled by the council of ministers.---- | Received command from Siles Reyes | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
32 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Blanco Galindo, Carlos" | Carlos Blanco Galindo | Military | Installed by a coup d'état---- | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
33 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Salamanca, Daniel" | Daniel Salamanca | Genuine Republican | 1931 general election | Constitutional [62] | José Luis Tejada Sorzano | ||||
From 28 November – 1 December 1934, the presidency was fulfilled by José Luis Tejada Sorzano. | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
34 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Tejada Sorzano, José Luis" | José Luis Tejada Sorzano | Liberal | Unconstitutional succession | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
From 17 to 22 May 1936, the presidency was fulfilled by Germán Busch.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional | colspan=2 | ||||||||
35 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Toro, David" | David Toro | Military Socialist | Succeeded to lead the junta---- | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
36 | – Died in office | Germán Busch | Military Socialist | Succeeded to lead the junta---- | De facto [63] | colspan=2 | |||||
Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional [64] | Enrique Baldivieso | |||||||||
Dictatorship declared | De facto [65] | colspan=2 | |||||||||
37 | – End of mandate | Carlos Quintanilla | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto provisional [66] | colspan=2 | |||||
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38 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Peñaranda, Enrique" | Enrique Peñaranda | Concordance | 1940 general election | Constitutional [67] | |||||
39 | – Resigned | Gualberto Villarroel | Reason for the Fatherland | Installed by a coup d'état---- | De facto | ||||||
Received command from the junta | De facto provisional [68] | ||||||||||
Elected by the National Convention | Constitutional [69] | ||||||||||
Julián Montellano | |||||||||||
Briefly on 21 July 1946, the presidency was fulfilled by Dámaso Arenas. | Unconstitutional succession | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
40 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Guillén, Néstor" | Néstor Guillén | Independent | Installed by a popular uprising---- | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
41 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Monje, Tomás" | Tomás Monje | Independent | Succeeded to lead the junta---- | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
42 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Hertzog, Enrique" | Enrique Hertzog | Republican Socialist Unity | 1947 general election | Constitutional [70] | Mamerto Urriolagoitía | ||||
From 7 May – 22 October 1949, the presidency was fulfilled by Mamerto Urriolagoitía. | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
From 22 to 24 October 1949, the presidency was fulfilled by Mamerto Urriolagoitía. | |||||||||||
43 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Urriolagoitía, Mamerto" | Mamerto Urriolagoitía | Republican Socialist Unity | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [71] | colspan=2 | ||||
44 | – Ousted by the National Revolution | data-sort-value="Ballivián, Hugo" | Hugo Ballivián | Military | Installed by a self-coup---- | De facto [72] | colspan=2 | ||||
From 11 to 15 April 1952, the presidency was fulfilled by Hernán Siles Zuazo. | Installed by the National Revolution | De facto provisional | colspan=2 | ||||||||
De facto acting | colspan=2 | ||||||||||
45 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Paz Estenssoro, Víctor" | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Revolutionary Nationalist | Received command from Siles Zuazo | De facto | data-sort-value="Siles Zuazo, Hernán" | Hernán Siles Zuazo | |||
46 | – End of term | Hernán Siles Zuazo | Revolutionary Nationalist | 1956 general election | Constitutional [73] | data-sort-value="Chávez Ortiz, Ñuflo" | Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz | ||||
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45 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Revolutionary Nationalist | 1960 general election | Constitutional [74] [75] | data-sort-value="Lechín, Juan" | Juan Lechín | ||||
1964 general election | data-sort-value="Barrientos, René" | René Barrientos | |||||||||
From 4–5 November 1964, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
47 | – Legal change | René Barrientos | Military | Succeeded to lead the junta---- | De facto [76] | rowspan=2 colspan=2 | |||||
– Barrientos resigned | Co-presidency of the junta---- | ||||||||||
48 | Alfredo Ovando Candía | Military | De facto [77] | rowspan=2 colspan=2 | |||||||
– End of mandate | Succeeded to lead the junta---- | ||||||||||
47 | – Died in office | data-sort-value="Barrientos, René" | René Barrientos | Popular Christian | 1966 general election | Constitutional | data-sort-value="Siles Salinas, Luis Adolfo" | Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas | |||
49 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Siles Salinas, Luis Adolfo" | Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas | Social Democratic | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [78] | colspan=2 | ||||
48 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Ovando Candía, Alfredo" | Alfredo Ovando Candía | Military Nationalist | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto [79] | colspan=2 | ||||
Briefly on 6 October 1970, the presidency was fulfilled by Rogelio Miranda. | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||||
From 6–7 October 1970, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | De facto | colspan=2 | |||||||||
50 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Torres, Juan José" | Juan José Torres | Military Nationalist | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
51 | – Resigned | From 21 to 22 August 1971, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto [80] | colspan=2 | ||||||
data-sort-value="Hugo, Banzer" | Hugo Banzer | Military | Received command from the junta | De facto [81] | colspan=2 | ||||||
Briefly on 21 July 1978, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Received command from Banzer | De facto [82] | colspan=2 | ||||||||
52 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Juan, Pereda" | Juan Pereda | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
53 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Padilla, David" | David Padilla | Military | Installed by a coup d'état---- | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
54 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Guevara, Wálter" | Wálter Guevara | Authentic Revolutionary | Elected by the National Congress | Constitutional acting [83] | colspan=2 | ||||
55 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Natusch, Alberto" | Alberto Natusch | Military | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto [84] | colspan=2 | ||||
56 | – Ousted by a coup d'état | data-sort-value="Gueiler, Lidia" | Lidia Gueiler | Revolutionary Nationalist Left | Elected by the National Congress | Constitutional acting | colspan=2 | ||||
57 | – Resigned | From 17 to 18 July 1980, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Installed by a coup d'état | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||
data-sort-value="García Meza, Luis" | Luis García Meza | Military | Received command from the junta | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||||
From 4 August – 4 September 1981, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Received command from García Meza | De facto [85] | colspan=2 | ||||||||
58 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Torrelio, Celso" | Celso Torrelio | Military | Received command from the junta | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
From 19 to 21 July 1982, the presidency was fulfilled by a junta.---- | Received command from Torrelio | De facto [86] | colspan=2 | ||||||||
59 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Vildoso, Guido" | Guido Vildoso | Military | Received command from the junta | De facto | colspan=2 | ||||
46 | – End of term | Hernán Siles Zuazo | Left-wing Revolutionary Nationalist | 1980 general election | Constitutional [87] | data-sort-value="Paz Zamora, Jaime" | Jaime Paz Zamora [88] | ||||
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45 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Paz Estenssoro, Víctor" | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Revolutionary Nationalist | 1985 general election | Constitutional [89] | data-sort-value="Garrett Ayllón, Julio" | Julio Garrett Ayllón | |||
60 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Paz Zamora, Jaime" | Jaime Paz Zamora | Revolutionary Left | 1989 general election | Constitutional [90] | Luis Ossio | ||||
61 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Sánchez de Lozada, Gonzálo" | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | Revolutionary Nationalist | 1993 general election | Constitutional [91] | data-sort-value="Cárdenas, Víctor Hugo" | Víctor Hugo Cárdenas | |||
51 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Banzer, Hugo" | Hugo Banzer | Nationalist Democratic Action | 1997 general election | Constitutional [92] | Jorge Quiroga | ||||
From 1 July – 7 August 2001, the presidency was fulfilled by Jorge Quiroga.[93] | Constitutional acting | ||||||||||
62 | – End of term | data-sort-value="Quiroga, Jorge" | Jorge Quiroga | Nationalist Democratic Action | Constitutional succession | Constitutional | colspan=2 | ||||
61 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Sánchez de Lozada, Gonzálo" | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | Revolutionary Nationalist | 2002 general election | Constitutional [94] | data-sort-value="Mesa, Carlos" | Carlos Mesa | |||
63 | – Resigned | data-sort-value="Mesa, Carlos" | Carlos Mesa | Independent | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [95] | colspan=2 | ||||
64 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Rodriguez, Eduardo" | Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé | Independent | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [96] | colspan=2 | ||||
65 | – Legal change | data-sort-value="Morales, Evo" | Evo Morales | Movement for Socialism | 2005 general election | Constitutional [97] | data-sort-value="García Linera, Álvaro" | Álvaro García Linera | |||
Presidents of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (2009–present) | |||||||||||
Presidency | President | Party | Designation | Government | Vice President | ||||||
65 | – Resigned | Evo Morales | Movement for Socialism | 2009 Political Constitution | Constitutional [98] [99] [100] | Álvaro García Linera | |||||
2009 general election | |||||||||||
2014 general election | |||||||||||
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66 | – End of mandate | data-sort-value="Áñez, Jeanine" | Jeanine Áñez | Social Democratic | Constitutional succession | Constitutional [101] [102] | colspan=2 | ||||
67 | – Incumbent | data-sort-value="Arce, Luis" | Luis Arce | Movement for Socialism | 2020 general election | Constitutional [103] [104] | data-sort-value="Choquehuanca, David" | David Choquehuanca | |||
Presidency | President | Party | Designation | Government | Vice President |
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16/05/1951 till: 11/04/1952 color:military text:"Hugo Ballivián" bar:VíctorPazEstenssoro from: 15/04/1952 till: 06/08/1956 color:revolutionarynationalistmovement from: 06/08/1960 till: 04/11/1964 color:revolutionarynationalistmovement from: 06/08/1985 till: 06/08/1989 color:revolutionarynationalistmovement text:"Víctor Paz Estenssoro" bar:HernánSilesZuazo from: 11/04/1952 till: 15/04/1952 color:revolutionarynationalistmovement from: 06/08/1956 till: 06/08/1960 color:revolutionarynationalistmovement from: 10/10/1982 till: 06/08/1985 color:leftwingrevolutionarynationalistmovement text:"Hernán Siles Zuazo" bar:RenéBarrientos from: 05/11/1964 till: 02/01/1966 color:military from: 06/08/1966 till: 27/04/1969 color:popularchristianmovement text:"René Barrientos" bar:AlfredoOvandoCandía from: 04/11/1964 till: 05/11/1964 color:military from: 26/05/1965 till: 06/08/1966 color:military from: 26/09/1969 till: 06/10/1970 color:military text:"Alfredo Ovando Candía" bar:LuisAdolfoSilesSalinas from: 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