The Supreme Court of Justice ( es, Tribunal Supremo de Justicia) is the highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in

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, based 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 ...

. Its powers are set out in Articles 181–185 of the 2009 Constitution and the Law of the Judicial Organ (Law 025, promulgated on 24 June 2010). It was first seated on 2 January 2012.

History

The Court was created to supersede the

Supreme Court of Bolivia 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, 410 kilometres to the south-east of La Paz, Bolivia's capital. The Court was created by the Supreme D ...

, which operated from 1825 to 2011. It was first seated on 2 January 2012. Due to vacancies on the Court and other problems in its final years, the Supreme Court of Justice inherited a backlog of some 8,800 cases in January 2012, which it was charged with resolving within 36 to 48 months.

List of presidents

* Gonzalo Miguel Hurtado Zamorano (2012–2014) * Jorge Isaac Von Borries Méndez (2014–2015) * Pastor Segundo Mamani Villca (2015–2017) * Jorge Isaac Von Borries Méndez (2017–2018) * José Antonio Revilla Martínez (2018–present)

Court

The Court is made up of nine members and nine alternates, representing the nine

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, elected in popular, nonpartisan elections to terms of six years. The

Plurinational Legislative Assembly The Plurinational Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government. The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber ...

preselects up to 36 candidates before the election. Reelection is forbidden.

Elected members have included

* Maritza Suntura (La Paz) * Jorge Isaac Von Borries Méndez (Santa Cruz) * Rómulo Calle Mamani (Oruro) * Pastor Segundo Mamani Villca (Potosí) * Antonio Guido Campero Segovia (Tarija) * Gonzalo Miguel Hurtado Zamorano (Beni) * Fidel Marcos Tordoya Rivas (Cochabamba) * Rita Susana Nava Durán (Chuquisaca) * Norka Natalia Mercado Guzmán (Pando)

Elected alternates have included

* William Alave (La Paz) * María Arminda Ríos García (Santa Cruz) * Ana Adela Quispe Cuba (Oruro) * Elisa Sánchez Mamani (Potosí) * Carmen Núñez Villegas (Tarija) * Silvana Rojas Panoso (Beni) * María Lourdes Bustamante (Cochabamba) * Javier Medardo Serrano Llanos (Chuquisaca) * Delfín Humberto Betancour Chinchilla (Pando)

References

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