Vice President of Bolivia

The vice president of Bolivia ( es, Vicepresidente de Bolivia), officially known as the vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( es, Vicepresidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is the second highest political position in Bolivia. The vice president replaces the president in his definitive absence or others impediment and is the ''ex officio'' President of the Legislative Assembly.

Thirty nine men have served as vice president of Bolivia since the office came into existence on 19 November 1826. José Ramón de Loayza was the first vice president of the Republic of Bolivia. The 38th vice president, Álvaro García Linera, was the last vice president of the Republic of Bolivia and the first vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The second and current vice president of the Plurnational State is David Choquehuanca ( since 8 November 2020). There are currently five living former vice presidents. The most recent former vice president to die was Julio Garrett Ayllón on 19 March 2018.

The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession and assumes the presidency if the president dies, resigns, or is impeached and removed from office. Four vice presidents have ascended to the presidency following the resignation of their predecessor ( José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Jorge Qurioga, and Carlos Mesa). René Barrientos was the only vice president to assume the presidency by deposing his own predecessor, Víctor Paz Estenssoro. When Barrientos died suddenly on 27 April 1969, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas became the only vice president to become president through their predecessor's death.

Seven former vice presidents ( Aniceto Arce, Mariano Baptista, Severo Fernández, Eliodoro Villazón, Hernán Siles Zuazo, René Barrientos, and Jaime Paz Zamora) were elected president in their own right while two ( José Miguel de Velasco and Mariano Enrique Calvo) became president by other means. José Miguel de Velasco was the only vice president who had already served as president (1828) prior to becoming vice president.

Vice presidents

Republic of Bolivia (1826–1836)

The office of vice president was first established on 19 November 1826, during the presidency of Antonio José de Sucre, following the promulgation of the Political Constitution of 1826, the first in the country's history. However, Sucre himself would never elect a candidate to be presented to the National Congress, leaving the position vacant throughout his term. The first elected vice president was José Miguel de Velasco on 12 August 1828. However, he was prevented from exercising the position as he instead served as interim president in the absence of the elected president Andrés de Santa Cruz.

As Santa Cruz never appeared to take office, the Conventional Assembly convened on 18 December 1828 to elect new leaders. José Ramón de Loayza would be elected vice president to Pedro Blanco Soto. Loayza served as acting president in the absence of Soto until 26 December at which point Soto assumed the office of the presidency and Loayza would exercise the vice presidency for the first time.

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, rowspan="2" , Independent
, rowspan="2" , Elected by the Constituent Assembly
, rowspan="2" , Provisional
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, rowspan="1" , Pedro Blanco
Soto

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, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 31 January 1829
–
{{dts, 23 July 1835
Dismissed
, rowspan="2" data-sort-value="de Velasco Franco, José Miguel" ,
, rowspan="2" , José Miguel de
Velasco Franco
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, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
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, rowspan="2" , Andrés de
Santa Cruz

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, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 23 July 1835
–
{{dts, 28 October 1836
Legal change
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Calvo, Mariano" ,
, rowspan="1" , Mariano Enrique
Calvo
, rowspan="1" style="background-color:{{party color, Independent (politician) " ,
, rowspan="1" , Independent
, rowspan="1" , Appointed by Andrés de Santa Cruz
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional

Bolivian State (1836–1839)

The Bolivian State was one of the three states that made up the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. On 28 October 1836, Andrés de Santa Cruz was elected Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation while simultaneously being the president of the Bolivian State. José Miguel de Velasco Franco remained Vice President of the Bolivian State until 23 July 1835 when he was replaced by Mariano Enrique Calvo. For much of his tenure, Calvo would serve as acting president in replacement of Santa Cruz when he was in Peruvian territory.
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–
{{dts, 20 February 1839
Resigned from office
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, rowspan="2" , Mariano Enrique
Calvo
, rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color, Independent (politician) " ,
, rowspan="2" , Independent
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Santa Cruz

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, rowspan=1 {{CNone, ''Acting since
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Republic of Bolivia (1880–2009)

Upon the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, Jose Miguel de Velasco overthrew Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz and assumed the presidency of the Bolivian State on 22 February 1839, bringing an end to it and reviving the Republic of Bolivia with his secessionist pronouncement. On 26 October 1839, de Velasco promulgated the Political Constitution of 1839 which eliminated the position of vice president making the President of the Senate the first in the presidential order of succession instead. This situation lasted until 15 February 1878, when the Political Constitution of 1878 was promulgated under Hilarión Daza. The Constitution of 1878 reincorporated the position of vice president, though it remained vacant for the remainder of Daza's presidency.

Following the overthrow of Daza, during the presidency of Narciso Campero, the unique feature of two vice presidents came to be. On 31 May 1880, the National Convention appointed Aniceto Arce and Belisario Salinas, respectively, as first and second vice presidents. The dual-vice presidency was formally established upon the promulgation of the Political Constitution of 1880 on 28 October. The Constitution of 1880 established two vice presidents who were elected like the president by direct vote, but with different powers: The first vice president presided over the Senate and was empowered to replace or succeed the president while the second vice president only had the function of replacing or succeeding the president in case of absence, resignation, inability or death of the first vice president.

This dual form of vice presidents was in force until 24 January 1921 when the Congress-Convention of 1921, convened by Bautista Saavedra, abolished the position of second vice president. On 4 December 1939, interim president Carlos Quintanilla would amend the 1938 Constitution to abolish the office of the vice presidency in order to circumnavigate the claims to succession of former vice president Enrique Baldivieso. The position was revived on 24 November 1945 with the promulgation of the Political Constitution of 1945 during the presidency of Gualberto Villarroel.
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, rowspan="1" , Hilarión Daza

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–
{{dts, 11 March 1881
Dismissed
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, rowspan="3" , Elected by the
National Convention
, rowspan="2" , Constitutional
(1st)

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, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 31 May 1880
–
{{dts, 4 September 1884
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, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
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! rowspan="1" , 6
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 4 September 1884
–
{{dts, 15 August 1888
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, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Baptista, Mariano" ,
, rowspan="1" , Mariano Baptista
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Conservative Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Conservative
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1884
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan=2 , Gregorio Pacheco

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! rowspan="1" , 7
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Oblitas, Jorge" ,
, rowspan="1" , Jorge Oblitas
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

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! rowspan="1" , 8
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 15 August 1888
–
{{dts, 11 August 1892
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, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="del Carpio, José Manuel" ,
, rowspan="1" , José Manuel
del Carpio
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Conservative Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Conservative
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1888
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Aniceto Arce

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, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Ortiz, Serapio Reyes" ,
, rowspan="1" , Serapio Reyes
Ortiz
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

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! rowspan="1" , 10
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 11 August 1892
–
{{dts, 19 August 1896
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Fernández , Severo" ,
, rowspan="1" , Severo Fernández
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Conservative Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , Conservative
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1892
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Mariano Baptista

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! rowspan="1" , –
, colspan="7" {{CNone, ''Office vacant{{efn, The second vice presidency remains vacant due to the death of the elected citizen Juan Federico Zuazo before taking office.''

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! rowspan="1" , 11
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 19 August 1896
–
{{dts, 12 April 1899
Deposed by a coup d'état
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="de Flores, Rafael Peña" ,
, rowspan="1" , Rafael Peña
de Flores
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Conservative Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Conservative
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1896
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Severo Fernández

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 12
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Sanjinés Calderón, Jenaro" ,
, rowspan="1" , Jenaro Sanjinés
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

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, colspan=9 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 12 April – 25 October 1899''
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! rowspan="2" , 13
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 25 October 1899
–
{{dts, 23 January 1903
Dismissed
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Velasco, Lucio Pérez" ,
, rowspan="1" , Lucio Pérez
Velasco
, rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="3" , Liberal
, rowspan="3" , Elected by the
National Convention
, rowspan="2" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="3" , José Manuel
Pando

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, rowspan="1" colspan=3 {{CNone, ''Office vacant 23 January 1903 – 14 August 1904''

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! rowspan="1" , 14
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 25 October 1899
–
{{dts, 14 August 1904
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Cabrera, Aníbal Capriles" ,
, rowspan="1" , Aníbal Capriles
Cabrera
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 15
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 14 August 1904
–
{{dts, 12 August 1909
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Villazón, Eliodoro" ,
, rowspan="1" , Eliodoro Villazón
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Liberal
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1904
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Ismael Montes

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 16
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Ayllón, Valentín Abecia" ,
, rowspan="1" , Valentín Abecia
Ayllón
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 17
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 12 August 1909
–
{{dts, 14 August 1913
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Vargas, Macario Pinilla" ,
, rowspan="1" , Macario Pinilla
Vargas
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Liberal
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1909
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Eliodoro Villazón

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="2" , 18
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 12 August 1909
–
{{dts, 1 October 1915
Died in office
, rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Saracho, Juan Misael" ,
, rowspan="2" , Juan Misael
Saracho
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

, - style="height:6em;"
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Liberal
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1913
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , Ismael Montes

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 19
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 14 August 1913
–
{{dts, 15 August 1917
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Vargas, Macario Pinilla" ,
, rowspan="1" , José Carrasco
Torrico
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 20
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 15 August 1917
–
{{dts, 12 July 1920
Deposed by a coup d'état
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Virreira, Ismael Vázquez" ,
, rowspan="1" , Ismael Vázquez
Virreira
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="2" , Liberal
, rowspan="2" , General Election of 1917
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(1st)
, rowspan="2" , José Gutiérrez
Guerra

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 21
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Quinteros Escóbar, José Santos " ,
, rowspan="1" , José Santos
Quinteros
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
(2nd)

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, rowspan="2" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 13 July 1920 – 10 January 1926''
, rowspan="1" , Bautista Saavedra

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , Felipe Segundo
Guzmán

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 22
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 10 January 1926
–
{{dts, 28 May 1930
De facto exiled{{efn, In 1926, Hernando Siles Reyes split with the ''Saavedristas'' of Bautista Saavedra's Socialist Republican Party (PRS) and formed the Nationalist Party (PN). As a result, Vice President Abdón Saavedra, Bautista Saavedra's brother, was in effect exiled from the country with the excuse of his gratitude tour to the American countries after the celebration of the Centennial of the Republic, although he never officially resigned from the vice presidency. For this reason, Saavedra's term only officially ended upon the resignation of Siles Reyes on 28 May 1930.
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Saavedra, Abdón" ,
, rowspan="1" , Abdón Saavedra
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , PRS
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1925
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , Hernando Siles
Reyes

, -
, rowspan="1" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 28 May 1930 – 5 March 1931''
, rowspan="1" , Carlos Blanco
Galindo
, -

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 23
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 5 March 1931
–
{{dts, 1 December 1934
Assumed presidency
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Tejada Sorzano, José Luis" ,
, rowspan="1" , José Luis
Tejada Sorzano
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Liberal Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , Liberal
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1931
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , Daniel Salamanca
Urey

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, rowspan="3" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 1 December 1934 – 28 May 1938''
, rowspan="1" , José Luis
Tejada Sorzano

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , David Toro

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="3" , Germán Busch

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 24
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 28 May 1938
–
{{dts, 24 April 1939
Dismissed
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Baldivieso, Enrique" ,
, rowspan="1" , Enrique Baldivieso
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, United Socialist Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , PSU
, rowspan="1" , Elected by the National Convention
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 24 April – 4 December 1939''

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" , Carlos Quintanilla

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="3" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office blank 4 December 1939 – 24 November 1945''

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , Enrique Peñaranda

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" , Gualberto Villarroel

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 25
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 November 1945{{efn, On 3 November 1945, Julián Montellano would be proclaimed Vice President of the Republic and inaugurated on 6 November. However, the office of Vice President would remain officially abolished until the promulgation of a new constitution on 24 November.
–
{{dts, 21 July 1946
Deposed by a coup d'état
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Montellano, Julián" ,
, rowspan="1" , Julián Montellano
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="1" , MNR
, rowspan="1" , Elected by the National Convention
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 21 July 1946 – 10 March 1947''
, rowspan="1" , Néstor Guillén

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , Tomás Monje

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 26
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 10 March 1947
–
{{dts, 24 October 1949
Assumed presidency{{efn, In 1949, PURS leadership lost confidence in Hertzog and forced his resignation on 22 October in favor of his vice president, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, under the pretext of a non-existent disease. Urriolagoitía held executive power immediately after Hertzog's resignation but his term officially started two days later following his inauguration on 24 October.
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Urriolagoitía, Mamerto" ,
, rowspan="1" , Mamerto Urriolagoitía
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Republican Socialist Unity Party;" ,
, rowspan="1" , PURS
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1947
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , Enrique Hertzog

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 22 October 1949 – 11 April 1952''
, rowspan="1" , Mamerto Urriolagoitía

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , Hugo Ballivián

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="2" , 27
, rowspan="2" , {{dts, 11 April 1952
–
{{dts, 6 August 1956
End of term
, rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Zuazo, Hernán Siles" ,
, rowspan="2" , Hernán Siles
Zuazo
, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="2" , MNR
, rowspan="2" , Installed by a coup d'état
, rowspan="2" , De facto
, rowspan="1" {{CNone, ''Acting to
15 Apr. 1952''

, - style="height:6em;"
, rowspan="1" , Víctor Paz
Estenssoro

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 28
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1956
–
{{dts, 24 June 1957
Resigned from office
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Chávez Ortiz, Ñuflo" ,
, rowspan="1" , Ñuflo Chávez
Ortiz
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="1" , MNR
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1956
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="2" , Hernán Siles
Zuazo

, -
, rowspan="1" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 24 June 1957 – 6 August 1960''
, -

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 29
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1960
–
{{dts, 6 August 1964
End of term
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Oquendo, Juan Lechín" ,
, rowspan="1" , Juan Lechín
Oquendo
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="1" , MNR
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1960
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="2" , Víctor Paz
Estenssoro

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 30
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1964
–
{{dts, 4 November 1964
Assumed presidency
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Barrientos, René" ,
, rowspan="1" , René Barrientos
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="1" , MNR
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1964
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="2" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 5 November 1964 – 6 August 1966''
, rowspan="1" , René Barrientos

, - style="height:2em;"
, rowspan="1" , Alfredo Ovando
Candía

, - style="height:6em;"
! rowspan="1" , 31
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1966
–
{{dts, 27 April 1969
Assumed presidency
, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Siles Salinas, Luis Adolfo" ,
, rowspan="1" , Luis Adolfo
Siles Salinas
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , PSD
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1966
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , René Barrientos

, -
, rowspan="1" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 27 April 1969 – 10 October 1982''
, {{collapsible list , titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal; , title = List , liststyle = border-top:1px solid #aaa; , S. Salinas, Candía, Torres, Banzer, Pereda, Padilla, Guevara, Natusch, G. Tejada, G. M. Tejada, Torrelio, Vildoso
, -

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! rowspan="1" , 32
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 10 October 1982
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{{dts, 14 December 1984
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, rowspan="1" , Jaime Paz
Zamora
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , MIR
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, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="2" , Hernán Siles
Zuazo

, -
, rowspan="1" colspan=8 bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone, ''Office vacant 14 December 1984 – 6 August 1985''
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! rowspan="1" , 33
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1985
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{{dts, 6 August 1989
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, rowspan="1" , Julio Garrett
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, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement;" ,
, rowspan="1" , MNR
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1985
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , Víctor Paz
Estenssoro

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! rowspan="1" , 34
, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 6 August 1989
–
{{dts, 6 August 1993
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, rowspan="1" data-sort-value="Ossio, Luis" ,
, rowspan="1" , Luis Ossio
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, rowspan="1" , Jaime Paz
Zamora

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! rowspan="1" , 35
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{{dts, 6 August 1997
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, rowspan="1" , Víctor Hugo
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, rowspan="1" , MRTKL
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 1993
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{{dts, 7 August 2001
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, rowspan="1" , Hugo Banzer

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! rowspan="1" , 37
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{{dts, 17 October 2003
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Plurinational State of Bolivia (2009–present)

The emergence of the Plurinational State occurred as a consequence of the promulgation of the Political Constitution of 2009. Drafted by the Constituent Assembly in 2007, the new constitution was approved in a popular referendum on 25 January 2009, and was promulgated on 7 February. The Constitution resulted in a change in the official name of the country, leaving behind its previous denominative of ''Republic of Bolivia'' to become ''the Plurinational State of Bolivia''. In order to comply with the structural changes of the new constitution, it was decided to advance the general elections to be held on 6 December 2009, with Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera winning again, with ''64.22%'' of the votes. This situation made Álvaro García Linera the last vice president of the Republic and the first of the Plurinational State.
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, rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color, Movement for Socialism (Bolivia);" ,
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, rowspan="1" , {{dts, 8 November 2020
–
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, rowspan="1" , David Choquehuanca
, rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color, Movement for Socialism (Bolivia);" ,
, rowspan="1" , MAS
, rowspan="1" , General Election of 2020
, rowspan="1" , Constitutional
, rowspan="1" , Luis Arce

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See also

* President of Bolivia
* List of presidents of Bolivia
* List of current vice presidents

Notes

{{notelist

References

{{reflist

External links

Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
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