Government of Luis Arce, 2020–present

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Presidency of Luis Arce
8 November 2020 –present
Party MAS-IPSP
Seat Casa Grande del Pueblo
←  Jeanine Áñez (interim)

Luis Arce assumed office as the 67th President of Bolivia on 8 November 2020. He formed his ministerial cabinet the following day on 9 November. [1]

Contents

Cabinet Ministers

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Cabinet of Bolivia
Presidency of Luis Arce, 2020–present
OfficeMinisterPartyProf.TermDays
President Luis Arce MAS-IPSP Eco.8 November 2020 – present–
Vice President David Choquehuanca [lower-alpha 1] MAS-IPSP Dip.8 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Worship
(Chancellor)		 Rogelio Mayta MAS-IPSP Law.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of the Presidency María Nela Prada [lower-alpha 2] MAS-IPSP Dip.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Government Carlos del Castillo MAS-IPSP Law.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Defense Edmundo Novillo MAS-IPSP Law.9 November 2020 – present–
Attorney General [lower-alpha 3] Wilfredo Chávez MAS-IPSP Law.12 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Development
Planning 		Felima Gabriela Mendoza MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Economy
and Public Finance 		Marcelo Alejandro Gómez García MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Hydrocarbons
and Energies 		Franklin Molina Ortiz MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Productive
Development and
the Plural Economy 		Néstor Huanca Chura MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Public Works,
Services, and Housing 		Edgar Montaño MAS-IPSP Eng.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Mining
and Metallurgy 		Ramiro Félix Villavicencio

Niño de Guzmán

 MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Justice
and Institutional
Transparency 		Iván Lima MAS-IPSP Law.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Work, Employment,
and Social Security 		Verónica Navia Tejada MAS-IPSP Law.9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Health
and Sports 		Édgar Pozo Valdivia MAS-IPSP Dr.9 November 2020 – 16 January 202168
Jeyson Marcos Auza Pinto MAS-IPSP –16 January 2021 – present–
Minister of Environment
and Water 		Juan Santos Cruz MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Education Adrián Quelca Tarqui MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – present–
Minister of Rural Development
and Land 		Wilson Cáceres Cárdenas MAS-IPSP –9 November 2020 – 1 December 202022
Edwin Ronald Characayo MAS-IPSP Agr.1 December 2020 – present–
Minister of Cultures, Decolonization,
and Depatriarchalization 		Sabina Orellana MAS-IPSP Uni.20 November 2020 – present–

Composition

Luis Arce appointed his cabinet the day after taking office on 9 November 2020. [1] At the inauguration of the new cabinet ministers, Arce stated that "Bolivia has several challenges. We had to create a cabinet up to the challenges." Among the ministers were María Nela Prada, the first woman to head the Ministry of Government. [4] Other notable appointees were Minister of Defense Edmundo Novillo, who had previously served as Governor of Cochabamba, and Wilfredo Chávez, who had been Minister of Government during the administration of Evo Morales.

On 1 December 2020, Minister for Rural Development and Land Wilson Cáceres was dismissed under accusations of nepotism for appointing his partner, who he had introduced as his wife in August, and her brother in high positions within the ministry as well as instructing leading managers to "make their positions available." Cáceres was indeed married, but to another woman. He first denied the relationship, then apologized for his actions. He was replaced by agronomist Edwin Characayo with Arce publicly stressing the need for his team to show "values, ethics and morality" and to be "committed to their profession." [5]

Reinstated ministries

Arce's cabinet initially received criticism from indigenous leaders such as Felipe Quispe due to its lack of indigenous representation. [6] However, on 20 November Arce reinstated the Ministry of Cultures which had been merged with the Ministry of Education by the interim Jeanine Áñez administration the previous June. As part of this, the office was renamed from Ministry of Cultures and Tourism to Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization with the expanded task of combating "inequality between nationalities, as well as between men and women." [7] Sabina Orellana, of Quechua origin, was appointed to head the position, thus adding one indigenous representative to the cabinet. [8]

COVID-19 outbreak

In the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia, an outbreak within the cabinet began when it was announced on 28 December that Minister of Defense Edmundo Novillo had contracted the virus. He was followed shortly thereafter by Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta on 4 January 2021 [9] Minister of Public Works Edgar Montaño became the third cabinet minister to contract the virus on 11 January 2021. [10] On 15 January, Minister of Health Édgar Pozo tested positive. [11] Pozo, age 70, was forced to resign as a result due to his advanced age. [12] He was replaced as Minister of Health by Jeyson Marcos Auza Pinto. [13]


Notes

  1. ↑ Acting President from 13 December to 15 December 2021. [2]
  2. ↑ Acting Foreign Minister from 4 January to 28 January 2021. [3]
  3. ↑ Though appointed by the president, the office of Attorney General is not an official component of the president's ministerial cabinet.

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