President of Bolivia
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The President of Bolivia is the head of state of Bolivia. According to the current constitution, the president is elected by popular vote for a single non-renewable five year term. If none of the candidates receive half the popular vote, the president is chosen by vote of the Senate between the two candidates who received the most votes.
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[edit] List of Heads of State of Bolivia (1825-Present)
[edit] Liberators (1825-1826)
| Term start | Term end | Name | Political Party |
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| 11 August 1825 | 28 May 1826 | Simón Bolívar | Military |
| 28 May 1826 | 19 June 1826 | Antonio José de Sucre (in charge of the Supreme Executive Power) | Military |
[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Bolivia (1826-1964)
| Term start | Term end | Name | Political Party |
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| 19 June 1826 | 18 April 1828 | Antonio José de Sucre | Military |
| 18 April 1828 | 2 August 1828 | José María Pérez de Urdininea | Military |
| 2 August 1828 | 18 December 1828 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1st time, acting) | Military |
| 18 December 1828 | 31 December 1828 | Pedro Blanco (provisional) | Military |
| 1 January 1829 | 24 May 1829 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (2nd time, "accidental") | Military |
| 24 May 1829 | 20 February 1839 | Andrés de Santa Cruz (provisional to 15 August 1831; also Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation 28 October 1836 - 20 February 1839) | Military |
| 20 February 1839 | 10 June 1841 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (3rd time) (Provisional Supreme Chief to 16 June 1839, provisional to 15 August 1840) | Military |
| 10 June 1841 | 9 July 1841 | Sebastián Ágreda (Provisional Chief) | Military |
| 9 July 1841 | 22 September 1841 | Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar (acting) | Military |
| 22 September 1841 | 23 December 1847 | José Ballivián (provisional to 15 August 1844) | Military |
| 23 December 1847 | 2 January 1848 | Eusebio Guilarte Vera (interim) | Military |
| 6 January 1848 | 18 January 1848 | Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1st time, interim) | Populist Party |
| 18 January 1848 | 6 December 1848 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (4th time, provisional) | Military |
| 6 December 1848 | 15 August 1855 | Manuel Isidoro Belzu (2nd time) (provisional (in rebellion from 13 October 1848) to 15 August 1850) | Populist Party |
| 15 August 1855 | 21 October 1857 | Jorge Córdova | Populist Party |
| 21 October 1857 | 14 January 1861 | José María Linares (provisional (in rebellion from 9 September 1857)) | Generator Party |
| 14 January 1861 | 4 May 1861 | Governing Junta composed of: Ruperto Fernández José María Achá Manuel Antonio Sánchez (to 9 Apr 1861) |
Military |
| 4 May 1861 | 28 December 1864 | José María Acha (provisional to 15 August 1862) | Military |
| 28 December 1864 | 15 January 1871 | Mariano Melgarejo (provisional to 15 August 1870) | Military |
| 15 January 1871 | 27 November 1872 | Agustín Morales (Supreme Chief of the Revolution (in rebellion from 26 November 1870) to 21 January 1871; provisional to 25 August 1872) | Liberal Party |
| 27 November 1872 | 28 November 1872 | Juan de Dios Bosque (acting) | Non-party |
| 28 November 1872 | 9 May 1873 | Tomás Frías Ametller (1st time) | Liberal Party |
| 9 May 1873 | 14 February 1874 | Adolfo Ballivián | Military |
| 14 February 1874 | 4 May 1876 | Tomás Frías Ametller (2nd time) | Liberal Party |
| 4 May 1876 | 28 December 1879 | Hilarión Daza (provisional) | Military |
| 28 December 1879 | 17 January 1880 | Uladislao Silva (President of Junta) | Military |
| 19 January 1880 | 31 May 1880 | Narciso Campero (1st time, provisional) | Conservative Party |
| 31 May 1880 | 19 June 1880 | Aniceto Arce (1st time, acting) | Conservative Party |
| 19 June 1880 | 3 September 1884 | Narciso Campero (2nd time, interim from 6 August 1884) | Conservative Party |
| 3 September 1884 | 15 August 1888 | Gregorio Pacheco | Conservative Party |
| 15 August 1888 | 11 August 1892 | Aniceto Arce (2nd time) | Conservative Party |
| 11 August 1892 | 19 August 1896 | Mariano Baptista | Conservative Party |
| 19 August 1896 | 12 April 1899 | Severo Fernández | Conservative Party |
| 12 April 1899 | 25 October 1899 | Serapio Reyes Ortiz (President of Federal Junta (in rebellion from 12 December 1898)) | Liberal Party |
| 25 October 1899 | 14 August 1904 | José Manuel Pando (interim from 6 August 1904) | Liberal Party |
| 14 October 1904 | 12 October 1909 | Ismael Montes (1st time) | Liberal Party |
| 12 October 1909 | 14 October 1913 | Eliodoro Villazón | Liberal Party |
| 14 October 1913 | 15 October 1917 | Ismael Montes (2nd time) | Liberal Party |
| 15 October 1917 | 12 July 1920 | José Gutiérrez | Liberal Party |
| 12 July 1920 | 13 July 1920 | Bautista Saavedra (1st time, "Political Chief") | Republican Party |
| 13 July 1920 | 28 January 1921 | Government Junta composed of: José María Escalier Bautista Saavedra José Manuel Ramírez |
Republican Party |
| 28 January 1921 | 3 September 1925 | Bautista Saavedra | Republican Party |
| 3 September 1925 | 10 January 1926 | Felipe S. Guzmán (provisional) | Republican Party |
| 10 January 1926 | 28 May 1930 | Hernando Siles Reyes | Republican Party |
| 28 May 1930 | 25 June 1930 | Council of Ministers (acting) composed of: Alberto Díez de Medina Germán Antelo Arauz (to 17 Jun 1930) Franklin Mercado David Toro José Aguirre Achá Fidel Vega Carlos Banzer Ezequiel Romecín Calderón (from 17 Jun 1930) |
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| 28 June 1930 | 5 March 1931 | Carlos Blanco Galindo (Chairman of the Military Government Junta) | Military |
| 5 March 1931 | 27 November 1934 | Daniel Salamanca Urey | Republican Party |
| 28 November 1934 | 17 May 1936 | José Luis Tejada Sorzano | Liberal Party |
| 17 May 1936 | 20 May 1936 | Germán Busch (1st time, Provisional Chairman of the Government Junta) | Military |
| 20 May 1936 | 13 July 1937 | David Toro (Chairman of the Government Junta) | Military |
| 13 July 1937 | 23 August 1939 | Germán Busch (2nd time, Chairman of the Government Junta to 28 May 1938) | Military |
| 23 August 1939 | 15 April 1940 | Carlos Quintanilla (Provisional) | Military |
| 15 April 1940 | 20 December 1943 | Enrique Peñaranda | Military |
| 20 December 1943 | 21 July 1946 | Gualberto Villarroel López (Chairman of the Government Junta to 5 April 1944; Provisional president 5 April - 6 August 1944) | Military/Fatherland's Cause-Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
| 21 July 1946 | 15 August 1946 | Néstor Guillén (Senior Judge to 22 July 1946, then Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta) | Non-party |
| 15 August 1946 | 10 March 1947 | Tomás Monje (Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta) | Non-party |
| 10 March 1947 | 22 October 1949 | Enrique Hertzog | Socialist Republican Union Party |
| 22 October 1949 | 16 May 1951 | Mamerto Urriolagoitia (acting (for Hertzog from 7 May 1949) to 24 October 1949) | Socialist Republican Union Party |
| 16 May 1951 | 11 April 1952 | Hugo Ballivián (Chairman of the Military Junta) | Military |
| 11 April 1952 | 16 April 1952 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (1st time, Provisional) | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
| 16 April 1952 | 6 August 1956 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1st time) | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
| 6 August 1956 | 6 August 1960 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (2nd time) | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
| 6 August 1960 | 4 November 1964 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro (2nd time) | Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
[edit] Chairmen of the Military Junta (1964-1966)
| Term start | Term end | Name | Political Party |
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| 4 November 1964 | 5 November 1964 | Alfredo Ovando Candía (1st time) | Military |
| 5 November 1964 | 5 November 1964 | Alfredo Ovando Candía (2nd time) + René Barrientos (1st time, co-chairmen) | Military |
| 5 November 1964 | 26 May 1965 | René Barrientos (2nd time) | Military |
| 26 May 1965 | 4 January 1966 | René Barrientos (3rd time) + Alfredo Ovando Candía (3rd time, co-chairmen) | Military/Popular Christian Movement |
| 4 January 1966 | 6 August 1966 | Alfredo Ovando Candía (4th time) | Military |
[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Bolivia (1966-Present)
[edit] Historical reputation
In 1983, a poll was taken by the newspaper Última Hora to determine which seven historical presidents were regarded as most significant. The "winners" were Antonio José de Sucre, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Mariano Melgarejo, Aniceto Arce, Ismael Montes, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Gallery of Presidents of Bolivia
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