The politics of Bolivia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president is head of state,head of government and head of a diverse multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament. Both the Judiciary and the electoral branch are independent of the executive and the legislature. After the 2014 Bolivian general election,53.1% of the seats in national parliament were held by women,a higher proportion of women than that of the population.
David Choquehuanca Céspedes is a Bolivian diplomat,peasant leader,politician,and trade unionist serving as the 39th vice president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism,he previously served as minister of foreign affairs from 2006 to 2017 and as secretary general of ALBA from 2017 to 2019.
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. The President of Bolivia may freely reorganize the executive branch,with the most recent comprehensive reorganization occurring in February 2009. 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.
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora,often referred to as Lucho,is a Bolivian banker,economist,and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism,he previously served as minister of finance—later minister of economy and public finance—from 2006 to 2017,and in 2019.
Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca is a Bolivian activist,businessman,lawyer,and politician serving as the 2nd governor of Santa Cruz since 2021. He is the leader of Creemos,opposition bench in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and was the chair of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee in 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bolivia on 10 March 2020,when its first two cases were confirmed in the departments of Oruro and Santa Cruz.
Guillermo Capobianco Ribera was a Bolivian lawyer,writer and politician.
JoséLuis Parada Rivero is a Bolivian economist and politician who served as the Bolivian Minister of Economy and Public Finance from 13 November 2019 to 7 July 2020 during the interim government of Jeanine Áñez.
Wilfredo Franz David Chávez Serrano is a Bolivian lawyer,professor,and politician serving as the Attorney General of Bolivia since 12 November 2020 during the government of Luis Arce. He previously served as Minister of the Government from September 2011 to January 2012 during the government of Evo Morales.
Jerjes Enrique Justiniano Atalá is a Bolivian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Minister of the Presidency between November and December 2019 during the interim government of Jeanine Añez. During his brief tenure,he was one of the promoters of the meeting and agreements aimed at achieving the pacification of the country following the 2019 political crisis.
Luis Fernando López Julio is a Bolivian businessman,retired military officer,and politician who served as minister of defense from 2019 to 2020. Appointed in the tail end of the 2019 political crisis,López,along with Minister of Government Arturo Murillo,quickly became characterized as the "strong men" of the Jeanine Áñez administration and were implicated in the deadly events at Senkata and Sacaba. López was called to hearings by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly but failed to present himself three consecutive times,ultimately resulting in his censure by the legislature. As per the terms of the Constitution,he was dismissed as minister but,exploiting a loophole in the document's text,he was reappointed just a day later. Soon after,reports revealed his participation in the tear gas case,which accused the ministries of government and defense of irregularly purchasing non-lethal weapons at inflated prices.
Edgar Montaño Rojas is a Bolivian engineer and politician serving as the Minister of Public Works,Services,and Housing under the government of Luis Arce. He was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Santa Cruz.
Carlos Melchor Díaz Villavicencio is a Bolivian economist,professor,and politician who served as the Minister of Development Planning from 2019 to 2020 during the interim government of Jeanine Áñez. He previously served as Minister of Economic Development from 2005 to 2006 during interim government Eduardo Rodriguez Veltzé. As such,he has the distinction as being present in the cabinets of two interim transitional governments.
The Arce Cabinet constitutes the 222nd cabinet of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was formed on 9 November 2020,one day after Luis Arce was sworn in as the 67th president of Bolivia following the 2020 general election,succeeding the Áñez Cabinet. The cabinet is composed entirely of members of the ruling Movement for Socialism. Described as a "technocratic" cabinet,it has been noted for the low-profile and youth of some of its members as well as its political distance from former president Evo Morales.
Mario Alberto Guillén Suárez is a Bolivian industrial engineer,lawyer,and politician who served as Minister of Economy and Public Finance from 2017 to 2019 during the administration of Evo Morales. Prior,he was Vice Minister of Pensions and Financial Services from 2009 to 2017 and served as the general manager of the Union Bank in 2019.
The cabinet of Jeanine Áñez constituted the 220th and 221st cabinets of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was initially formed on 13 November 2019,a day after Jeanine Áñez was sworn-in as the 66th president of Bolivia following the 2019 political crisis,in which the ruling Movement for Socialism government resigned. A second cabinet was formed on 28 January 2020 with all but three ministers being ratified in their positions.
Adrián Rubén Quelca Tarqui is a Bolivian politician,professor,and trade unionist who served as minister of education from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Communist Party,Quelca worked to implement a project for a "semi-present" school system in which partial in-person learning would be coupled with radio and tele-education. Under his management,schools previously closed early by the past administration were reopened to blended learning for the 2021 year. Despite initial hopes for fully in-person classes by the second half of the year,results never panned out,and his administration was hampered by an ongoing corruption investigation that ultimately culminated in the presentation of charges and his resignation on 12 November 2021.
Events from the year 2022 in Bolivia.
Mirtha Natividad Arce Camacho is a Bolivian academic,lawyer,and politician who served as senator for Tarija from 2015 to 2020.
María Magdalena Cajías de la Vega is a Bolivian academic,historian,and politician who served as minister of education from 2007 to 2008. Cajías spent most of her professional career teaching history at the Higher University of San Andrés,in addition to holding a number of consultancy posts for intergovernmental organizations and government bodies. She authored multiple published historical titles,focusing on the fields of women's and labor history. In 2006,Cajías was brought on as a consultant for the Ministry of the Presidency before being appointed to head the Ministry of Education the following year. After a brief return to academia following the conclusion of her ministerial term,Cajías returned to public administration as consul general in Santiago,where she served from 2014 to 2019. In 2021,she was named as a member of the editorial board of the Bolivian Bicentennial Library.
