| Víctor Hugo Cárdenas | |
| Order1: | 35th |
| Office1: | Vice President of Bolivia |
| President1: | Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada |
| Term Start1: | 6 August 1993 |
| Term End1: | 6 August 1997 |
| Predecessor1: | Luis Ossio |
| Successor1: | Jorge Quiroga |
| Office2: | Minister of Education, Sports, and Cultures |
| President2: | Jeanine Áñez |
| Term Start2: | 20 October 2020 |
| Term End2: | 6 November 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Reynaldo Paredes |
| Successor2: | Adrián Quelca |
| Term Start3: | 4 June 2020 |
| Term End3: | 19 October 2020 |
| Predecessor3: | Himself |
| Successor3: | Reynaldo Paredes |
| Office4: | Minister of Education |
| President4: | Jeanine Áñez |
| Term Start4: | 28 January 2020 |
| Term End4: | 4 June 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | Virginia Patty |
| Successor4: | Himself |
| Birth Name: | Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Achica Abajo, La Paz, Bolivia |
| Spouse: | Lidia Katari |
| Parents: | Pedro Cárdenas Hipólita Conde |
| Party: | Solidarity Civic Unity |
Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde (born 4 June 1951) is a Bolivian indigenous Aymara[1] activist and politician. He is the leader of the MRTKL party (Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari). He was the 35th vice president of Bolivia from 1993 to 1997 during the first presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.[2]
Cárdenas was born in 1951[3] in the Aymara village of Achica Bajo on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the son of a rural school teacher. When he was still a child, his father changed his name from Choquehuanca to Cárdenas, in order to mask his indigenous origin and remove what at the time was an obstacle to his educational and professional advancement. His wife has never renounced the typical dress of the chola, an urbanized woman who retains her indigenous identity.
Cardenas holds a PhD in linguistics and is a university professor.
Cárdenas was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2009 Bolivian presidential election, losing to Evo Morales. He claimed that his ticket was seeking a national consensus rather than division. He was appointed Minister of Education in the government of President Jeanine Añez, overseeing school interruptions and the implementation of virtual education during the coronavirus pandemic. He was dismissed on 19 October after being censured by the Legislative Assembly.[4]