Cabinet of Bolivia

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Cabinet of Bolivia
Current: Cabinet of Luis Arce
Agency overview
TypeAdvisory body
Headquarters La Paz, Bolivia
Employees18 members:
Agency executive

Council of Ministers of Bolivia, or Cabinet of Bolivia, is part of the executive branch of the Bolivian government, consisting of the heads of the variable number of government ministries. The Council of Ministers are ministers of state and conduct the day-to-day business of public administration within Bolivia. [1] The President of Bolivia may freely reorganize the executive branch, with the most recent comprehensive reorganization occurring in February 2009. [2] Since then, the Ministry for the Legal Defense of the State has become the independent office of Solicitor General, and the Ministry of Communication has been created.

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Current Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterPartyProf.Took officeLeft officeTermRef.
President Luis Arce MAS Eco.8 November 2020Incumbent1,465 [3]
Vice President David Choquehuanca MAS Dip.8 November 2020Incumbent1,465
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta MAS Law.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [5]
Minister of the Presidency María Nela Prada MAS Dip.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [6]
Minister of Government Eduardo del Castillo MAS Law.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [7]
Minister of Defense Edmundo Novillo MAS Law.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [8]
Minister of Development Planning Gabriela Mendoza MAS Eco.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [9]
Minister of Economy and Public Finance Marcelo Montenegro MAS Eco.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [10]
Minister of Hydrocarbons Franklin Molina Ortiz MAS Eco.9 November 202019 November 20201,464 [4] [11]
Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energies 19 November 2020Incumbent [12]
Minister of Productive Development and the Plural Economy Néstor Huanca Chura MAS Eco.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [13]
Minister of Public Works, Services, and Housing Edgar Montaño MAS Eng.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [14]
Minister of Mining and Metallurgy Ramiro Villavicencio MAS Eng.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [15]
Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency Iván Lima MAS Law.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [16]
Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security Verónica Navia Tejada MAS Soc.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4]
Minister of Health Édgar Pozo MAS Dr.9 November 202019 November 202068 [4]
Minister of Health and Sports 19 November 202016 January 2021 [12]
Jeyson Auza MAS Dr.16 January 2021Incumbent1,396 [17] [18]
Minister of Environment and Water Juan Santos Cruz MAS Uni.9 November 2020Incumbent1,464 [4] [19]
Minister of Education, Sports, and Cultures Adrián Quelca PCB Prof.9 November 202019 November 2020368 [4] [20]
Minister of Education 19 November 202012 November 2021 [12]
Office vacant 12–19 November 20217 [21] [a]
Edgar Pary MAS Prof.19 November 2021Incumbent1,089 [23] [24]
Minister of Rural Development and Land Wilson Cáceres MAS Uni.9 November 20201 December 202022 [4]
Edwin Characayo MAS Agr.1 December 202014 April 2021134 [25] [26]
Office vacant 14–20 April 20216 [27] [28]
Remmy Gonzáles MAS Eng.20 April 2021Incumbent1,302 [29] [30]
Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization Office vacant 13–20 November 20207 [31]
Sabina Orellana MAS Uni.20 November 2020Incumbent1,453 [32] [33]
Minister of Energies Office vacant 9–12 November 20203 [34]
Franklin Molina Ortiz [b] MAS Eco.12 November 202019 November 20207
Office merged with the Ministry of Hydrocarbons [12]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Quelca continued to perform ministerial functions in an unclear, semi-official capacity for some days after his resignation. [22]
  2. ↑ As Minister of Hydrocarbons.

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  2. ↑ Supreme Decree 29894, 7 February 2009.
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