The cabinet of Jeanine Áñez constituted the 220th and 221st cabinets of the

Plurinational State of Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, ...

. It was initially formed on 13 November 2019, a day after

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 ...

was sworn-in as the 66th

president of Bolivia The president of Bolivia (), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. According to the Bolivian C ...

following the 2019 political crisis, in which the ruling

Movement for Socialism Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...

government resigned. A second cabinet was formed on 28 January 2020 with all but three ministers being ratified in their positions. The cabinet suffered numerous structural changes and was noted for its high turnover rate. In just under a year, thirty-seven individuals occupied twenty ministerial portfolios with three ministries being abolished entirely by the end of Áñez's mandate. Political analyst Marcelo Silva attributed the administration's instability to the fact that "Jeanine Áñez didn't imagine, not even in the best of scenarios, becoming president. There is a hint of improvisation, because there was no methodical plan for organizing a government". Despite assurances that all ministers had been inaugurated in a non-partisan capacity, multiple had political and personal links with

Rubén Costas Rubén Armando Costas Aguilera (born 6 October 1955) is a Bolivian politician and the prefect and then governor of Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia from 2006 to 2021, and also the leader of the Democrat Social Movement (MDS). Early life and ...

, the leader of Áñez's

Democrat Social Movement The Social Democratic Movement (; MDS), often shortened to just the Democrats (), is a far-right political party in Bolivia founded in 2013 for the movement for greater autonomy for the eastern departments of the ''Media Luna''. History Rube ...

, and

Luis Fernando Camacho Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca (born 15 February 1979) is a Bolivian activist, businessman, lawyer, and politician serving as the 2nd Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), governor of Santa Cruz since 202. He is the leader of Creemos, opposition benc ...

, a civic leader prominent in the protests which preceded Áñez's assumption to office.

Cabinet ministers

Structural changes

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Áñez, Jeanine, Cabinet of 2019 establishments in Bolivia 2020 disestablishments in Bolivia Cabinets of Bolivia Cabinets established in 2019 Cabinets disestablished in 2020