Víctor Ezequiel Borda Belzu (born June 12, 1970) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician. He was
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia
The president of the Chamber of Deputies is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of the National Congress of Bolivia. The president is currently elected for a one-year term.
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from January 2019 until his resignation on November 10, 2019, due to the
political crisis in Bolivia. He is a deputy for the 34th constituency of the
Movement for Socialism in the
Potosí Department
Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí.
It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with on ...
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Early life
Borda was born on 12 June 1970, in
Potosí. He began his primary studies in 1976, leaving high school in his hometown in 1987.
Political career
He was part of the Constituent Assembly, executive of the University Confederation of Bolivia and the Local University Federation. He was head of the
Movement for Socialism (MAS) bench in Deputies.
In January 2019 he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies for the period 2019–2020 replacing
Gabriela Montaño.
On 9 April, he assumed the presidency of Bolivia on an interim basis for 24 hours when
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to c ...
was visiting Asia.
On 9 November 2019, a group of people in the city of Potosí set fire to his home as reprisal of the
Potosí-Oruro highway attacks against miners by MAS supporters. The following day, on 10 November 2019, he announced his resignation to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies after his brother was taken hostage in
Potosí, urging that the life of his brother be respected, who would have been taken hostage. He was replaced by Susana Rivero, who on 12 November took refuge at the Mexican embassy in
La Paz but had not submitted her resignation.
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1970 births
People from Potosí
20th-century Bolivian lawyers
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)
Movement for Socialism (Bolivia) politicians
Living people
21st-century Bolivian politicians