The Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization, and Depatriarchalization ( Spanish: ''Ministerio de Culturas, Descolonización, y Despatriarcalización'') is the ministry of the government of Bolivia that provides for the preservation and protection of the cultures and artistic expressions of the

indigenous peoples of Bolivia Indigenous peoples in Bolivia, or Native Bolivians, are Bolivian people who are of indigenous ancestry. They constitute anywhere from 40 to 70% of Bolivia's population of 11,306,341, depending on different estimates, and belong to 36 recognized e ...

as well as promotes the country's

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and process of decolonization and depatriarchalization.

History

The history of the Ministry of Cultures began with the establishment of the Bolivian Institute of Culture (IBC) by President Hugo Banzer on 14 March 1975. The IBC —later renamed as the Secretariat of Culture— was a dependent entity of the Ministry of Education and Cultures, granted jurisdiction over the National Archives of

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, the Casa de la Libertad, and the Casa de la Moneda in

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. During Banzer's second presidency from 1997 to 2001, the secretariat was further elevated to the status of a vice ministry. In 2006, during the early government of President Evo Morales —Bolivia's first indigenous president— the office was expanded as the Vice Ministry of Cultural Development. On 7 February 2009, through Chapter XX of Supreme Decree N° 29894 on the ''Organizational Structure of the Executive Body of the Plurinational State'', Morales formed the Ministry of Cultures. The until-then vice minister

Pablo Groux Pablo César Groux Canedo (born 29 June 1969) is the former Minister of Cultures and Tourism in Bolivia. He previously worked as a reporter for the newspaper ''Presencia'' in 1994–1995, an investigator for Fundación Tierra from 1995 to 2000 ...

was appointed to head the ministry. With the enactment of the ''General Law of Tourism "Bolivia Awaits You"'', the cultures portfolio was expanded, and it was named the Ministry of Cultures and Tourism for the duration of Morales' term. The transitional government of

Jeanine Áñez Jeanine Áñez Chávez (; born 13 June 1967) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and television presenter who served as the 66th president of Bolivia from 2019 to 2020. A former member of the Social Democratic Movement, she previously served two ...

eliminated the portfolio on 4 June 2020 to preserve funds to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision criticized by both the opposition and members of Morales'

Movement for Socialism The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...

(MAS-IPSP). After the return to power of the MAS in that year's general elections, President Luis Arce restored the office as the Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization, and Depatriarchalization on 13 November 2020.

List of ministers

References

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Cultures Ministries established in 2009 Ministries established in 2020 Ministries disestablished in 2020