The Supreme Court of Bolivia (''Corte Suprema de Justicia de Bolivia'') was the Bolivia's highest court from 1825 to 2012. It was located in

Sucre Sucre () is the capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . This relatively high altitude gives the ...

, 410 kilometres to the south-east of

La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bol ...

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's capital. The Court was created by the Supreme Decree (Decreto Supremo) of April 27, 1825, which transformed the

Royal Audience of Charcas The Real Audiencia of Charcas ( es, Audiencia y Cancillería Real de La Plata de los Charcas) was a Spanish '' audiencia'' with its seat in what is today Bolivia. It was established in 1559 in Ciudad de la Plata de Nuevo Toledo (later Charcas, to ...

(''Audiencia y Cancillería Real de La Plata de los Charcas'') of imperial Spain into the Supreme Court of the newly independent country. The Supreme Court of Bolivia was officially inaugurated on July 16, 1827.

Composition

The Supreme Court of Bolivia was composed of 12 ministers (judges) who served 10-year terms after election by the

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. In 1827, Manuel María Urcullo became the first President of the Supreme Court of Bolivia. He was joined by Ministers (Judges) Mariano Guzmán, Juan de la Cruz Monje y Ortega, and

Casimiro Olañeta José Joaquín Casimiro Olañeta y Güemes (1795–1860) was a nephew of Pedro Antonio Olañeta who, after working for him, turned against his uncle in favor of Bolivian independence. He faced criticism as being two-faced or Machiavellian, in part ...

. The following individuals were among the 56 ministers that served as the court's president: * José María Serrano *

* José María Dalence * Manuel Sánchez de Velasco * Pantaleón Dalence * Belisario Boeto * Luis Paz * Ángel Sandóval * Mario C. Araoz * José Torrico Sierra * Manuel Durán Padilla * Raúl Romero Linares * Remberto Prado Montaño * Édgar Oblitas Fernández * Óscar Hassenteufel Salazar * Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé * Héctor Sandóval Parada

Abolition

The court was superseded in January 2012 by the Supreme Court of Justice under the 2009 constitution.

References

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Composition

Abolition

See also

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