List of senators of La Paz

Last updated August 21, 2024

From left to right, top to bottom: Virginia Velasco (MAS), Félix Ajpi (MAS), Simona Quispe (MAS), and Cecilia Requena (CC).

La Paz is represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly by four senators and their substitutes elected through proportional representation. They serve five-year terms and qualify for reelection indefinitely. The current delegation comprises three senators from the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) and one from Civic Community (CC): Virginia Velasco, Félix Ajpi, Simona Quispe, and Cecilia Requena. Their respective substitutes are: Hilarión Padilla, Yolanda Ponce, Guido Varela, and Porfirio Menacho. Although the bicameral system was adopted in the 1831 Constitution and was maintained in subsequently promulgated constitutions, it can be affirmed that with the exception of very small intervals, the Senate did not, in fact, exercise its functions until the convocation of the 1882 legislature.^[1] Furthermore, due to heavy political instability and frequent military interventions since 1882, Bolivia did not experience a continuous, uninterrupted legislative session until 1982.

List of senators

Legislature	L.	Senator	Party		Term of office		Substitute	Party		Term of office		E.	Caucus		Ref.
Legislature	L.	Senator	Party		Took office	Left office	Substitute	Party		Took office	Left office	E.	Caucus		Sen.	Sub.
2020–2025 ^[2]^[3]	1°	Virginia Velasco		MAS	3 November 2020	Incumbent	Hilarión Padilla		MAS	9 November 2020	Incumbent	2020		MAS	^[4]
	2°	Félix Ajpi		MAS	3 November 2020	Incumbent	Yolanda Ponce		MAS	9 November 2020	Incumbent				^[5]	^[6]
	3°	Simona Quispe		MAS	3 November 2020	Incumbent	Guido Varela		MAS	9 November 2020	Incumbent				^[7]	^[8]
	1°	Cecilia Requena		CC	3 November 2020	Incumbent	Porfirio Menacho		CC	9 November 2020	Incumbent			CC	^[9]	^[10]

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Ancelma Perlacios Peralta is a Bolivian cocalera activist, politician, and trade unionist who served as senator for La Paz from 2015 to 2020.

Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate is a Bolivian academic, environmentalist, and politician serving as senator for La Paz since 2020. Educated at the Bolivian Catholic University with postgraduate experience at institutes in Europe and the Americas, Requena got her career start as an environmental activist, holding leadership positions in prominent environmental rights agencies. She later did consulting and research work for non-government organizations such as the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, even directing the Bolivian branch of Transparency International.

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Patricia Mercedes Gómez Andrade is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and psychologist who served as senator for Chuquisaca from 2015 to 2020.

References

Footnotes

↑ Cáceres Bilbao 2000 , p. 88
↑ "Nómina de Ciudadanos Electos como Senadores" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2020. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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Titular senators were sworn in 3 November 2020:
- Medina, Eduardo (3 November 2020). "Los nuevos asambleístas electos juran para el periodo 2020–2025". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
Substitute senators were sworn in 9 November:
- "Posesionan a 35 senadores suplentes en la primera sesión ordinaria de la legislatura 2020–2021". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
↑ "Virginia Velasco Condori". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "Felix Ajpi Ajpi". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "Yolanda María Ponce Condo". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "Simona Quispe Apaza". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "José Guido Varela Mancilla". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
↑ "Porfirio Ovidio Menacho Tarquino". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

Bibliography

Cáceres Bilbao, Pío (2000). Bolivia, el Senado Nacional (Album): Bosquejo Histórico Parlamentario, 1825–1925 (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: Editora Atenea S.R.L.
Romero Ballivián, Salvador (2018). Quiroga Velasco, Camilo Sergio (ed.). Diccionario Biográfico de Parlamentarios 1979–2019 (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: Fundación de Apoyo al Parlamento y la Participación Ciudadana; Fundación Konrad Adenauer. ISBN 978-99974-0-021-5.

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[1] Cáceres Bilbao 2000 , p. 88

[2] "Nómina de Ciudadanos Electos como Senadores" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2020. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[3] Titular senators were sworn in 3 November 2020:
Medina, Eduardo (3 November 2020). "Los nuevos asambleístas electos juran para el periodo 2020–2025". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
Substitute senators were sworn in 9 November:
"Posesionan a 35 senadores suplentes en la primera sesión ordinaria de la legislatura 2020–2021". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[mwuQ] Medina, Eduardo (3 November 2020). "Los nuevos asambleístas electos juran para el periodo 2020–2025". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[mwxQ] "Posesionan a 35 senadores suplentes en la primera sesión ordinaria de la legislatura 2020–2021". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[4] "Virginia Velasco Condori". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[5] "Felix Ajpi Ajpi". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[6] "Yolanda María Ponce Condo". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[7] "Simona Quispe Apaza". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[8] "José Guido Varela Mancilla". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[9] "Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[10] "Porfirio Ovidio Menacho Tarquino". web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Senators. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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