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The President of Bolivia is the head of state of Bolivia. According to the current constitution, the president is elected by popular vote for a single non-renewable five year term. If none of the candidates receive half the popular vote, the president is chosen by vote of the Senate between the two candidates who received the most votes.

[edit] List of Heads of State of Bolivia (1825-Present)

[edit] Liberators (1825-1826)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
11 August 1825	28 May 1826	Simón Bolívar	Military
28 May 1826	19 June 1826	Antonio José de Sucre (in charge of the Supreme Executive Power)	Military

[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Bolivia (1826-1964)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
19 June 1826	18 April 1828	Antonio José de Sucre	Military
18 April 1828	2 August 1828	José María Pérez de Urdininea	Military
2 August 1828	18 December 1828	José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1st time, acting)	Military
18 December 1828	31 December 1828	Pedro Blanco (provisional)	Military
1 January 1829	24 May 1829	José Miguel de Velasco Franco (2nd time, "accidental")	Military
24 May 1829	20 February 1839	Andrés de Santa Cruz (provisional to 15 August 1831; also Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation 28 October 1836 - 20 February 1839)	Military
20 February 1839	10 June 1841	José Miguel de Velasco Franco (3rd time) (Provisional Supreme Chief to 16 June 1839, provisional to 15 August 1840)	Military
10 June 1841	9 July 1841	Sebastián Ágreda (Provisional Chief)	Military
9 July 1841	22 September 1841	Mariano Calvo (acting)	Military
22 September 1841	23 December 1847	José Ballivián (provisional to 15 August 1844)	Military
23 December 1847	2 January 1848	Eusebio Guilarte Vera (interim)	Military
6 January 1848	18 January 1848	Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1st time, interim)	Populist Party
18 January 1848	6 December 1848	José Miguel de Velasco Franco (4th time, provisional)	Military
6 December 1848	15 August 1855	Manuel Isidoro Belzu (2nd time) (provisional (in rebellion from 13 October 1848) to 15 August 1850)	Populist Party
15 August 1855	21 October 1857	Jorge Córdova	Populist Party
21 October 1857	14 January 1861	José María Linares (provisional (in rebellion from 9 September 1857))	Generator Party
14 January 1861	4 May 1861	Military junta composed of: Ruperto Fernández José María Achá Manuel Antonio Sánchez (to 9 Apr 1861)	Military
4 May 1861	28 December 1864	José María Acha (provisional to 15 August 1862)	Military
28 December 1864	15 January 1871	Mariano Melgarejo (provisional to 15 August 1870)	Military
15 January 1871	27 November 1872	Agustín Morales (Supreme Chief of the Revolution (in rebellion from 26 November 1870) to 21 January 1871; provisional to 25 August 1872)	Liberal Party
27 November 1872	28 November 1872	Juan de Dios Bosque (acting)	Non-party
28 November 1872	9 May 1873	Tomás Frías Ametller (1st time)	Liberal Party
9 May 1873	14 February 1874	Adolfo Ballivián	Military
14 February 1874	4 May 1876	Tomás Frías Ametller (2nd time)	Liberal Party
4 May 1876	28 December 1879	Hilarión Daza (provisional)	Military
28 December 1879	17 January 1880	Uladislao Silva (President of Junta)	Military
19 January 1880	31 May 1880	Narciso Campero (1st time, provisional)	No Party
31 May 1880	19 June 1880	Aniceto Arce (1st time, acting)	Conservative Party
19 June 1880	3 September 1884	Narciso Campero (2nd time, interim from 6 August 1884)	Conservative Party
3 September 1884	15 August 1888	Gregorio Pacheco	Conservative Party
15 August 1888	11 August 1892	Aniceto Arce (2nd time)	Conservative Party
11 August 1892	19 August 1896	Mariano Baptista	Conservative Party
19 August 1896	12 April 1899	Severo Fernández	Conservative Party
12 April 1899	25 October 1899	Serapio Reyes Ortiz (President of Federal Junta (in rebellion from 12 December 1898))	Liberal Party
25 October 1899	14 August 1904	José Manuel Pando (interim from 6 August 1904)	Liberal Party
14 October 1904	12 October 1909	Ismael Montes (1st time)	Liberal Party
12 October 1909	14 October 1913	Eliodoro Villazón	Liberal Party
14 October 1913	15 October 1917	Ismael Montes (2nd time)	Liberal Party
15 October 1917	12 July 1920	José Gutiérrez	Liberal Party
12 July 1920	13 July 1920	Bautista Saavedra (1st time, "Political Chief")	Republican Party
13 July 1920	28 January 1921	Military junta composed of: José María Escalier Bautista Saavedra José Manuel Ramírez	Republican Party
28 January 1921	3 September 1925	Bautista Saavedra	Republican Party
3 September 1925	10 January 1926	Felipe S. Guzmán (provisional)	Republican Party
10 January 1926	28 May 1930	Hernando Siles Reyes	Republican Party
28 May 1930	25 June 1930	Council of Ministers (acting) composed of: Alberto Díez de Medina Germán Antelo Arauz (to 17 Jun 1930) Franklin Mercado David Toro José Aguirre Achá Fidel Vega Carlos Banzer Ezequiel Romecín Calderón (from 17 Jun 1930)
28 June 1930	5 March 1931	Carlos Blanco Galindo (Chairman of the Military Government Junta)	Military
5 March 1931	27 November 1934	Daniel Salamanca Urey	Republican Party
28 November 1934	17 May 1936	José Luis Tejada Sorzano	Liberal Party
17 May 1936	20 May 1936	Germán Busch (1st time, Provisional Chairman of the Government Junta)	Military
20 May 1936	13 July 1937	David Toro (Chairman of the Government Junta)	Military
13 July 1937	23 August 1939	Germán Busch (2nd time, Chairman of the Government Junta to 28 May 1938)	Military
23 August 1939	15 April 1940	Carlos Quintanilla (Provisional)	Military
15 April 1940	20 December 1943	Enrique Peñaranda	Military
20 December 1943	21 July 1946	Gualberto Villarroel López (Chairman of the Government Junta to 5 April 1944; Provisional president 5 April - 6 August 1944)	Military/Fatherland's Cause-Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
21 July 1946	15 August 1946	Néstor Guillén (Senior Judge to 22 July 1946, then Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta)	Non-party
15 August 1946	10 March 1947	Tomás Monje (Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta)	Non-party
10 March 1947	22 October 1949	Enrique Hertzog	Socialist Republican Union Party
22 October 1949	16 May 1951	Mamerto Urriolagoitia (acting (for Hertzog from 7 May 1949) to 24 October 1949)	Socialist Republican Union Party
16 May 1951	11 April 1952	Hugo Ballivián (Chairman of the Military Junta)	Military
11 April 1952	16 April 1952	Hernán Siles Zuazo (1st time, Provisional)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
16 April 1952	6 August 1956	Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1st time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
6 August 1956	6 August 1960	Hernán Siles Zuazo (2nd time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
6 August 1960	4 November 1964	Víctor Paz Estenssoro (2nd time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement

[edit] Chairmen of the Military Junta (1964-1966)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
4 November 1964	5 November 1964	Alfredo Ovando Candía (1st time)	Military
5 November 1964	5 November 1964	Alfredo Ovando Candía (2nd time) + René Barrientos (1st time, co-chairmen)	Military
5 November 1964	26 May 1965	René Barrientos (2nd time)	Military
26 May 1965	4 January 1966	René Barrientos (3rd time) + Alfredo Ovando Candía (3rd time, co-chairmen)	Military/Popular Christian Movement
4 January 1966	6 August 1966	Alfredo Ovando Candía (4th time)	Military

[edit] Presidents of the Republic of Bolivia (1966-Present)

Term start	Term end	Name	Political Party
6 August 1966	27 April 1969	René Barrientos	Bolivian Revolution Front
27 April 1969	26 September 1969	Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas	Social Democratic Party-Bolivian Revolution Front
26 September 1969	6 October 1970	Alfredo Ovando Candía	Military
6 October 1970	7 October 1970	Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1970 composed of: Efraín Guachalla Ibáñez Fernando Sattori Ribera Alberto Albarracín Crespo	Military
7 October 1970	21 August 1971	Juan José Torres	Military
21 August 1971	22 August 1971	Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1971 composed of: Andrés Selich Chop (junta chairmen) Hugo Banzer Jaime Florentino Mendieta	Military
22 August 1971	21 July 1978	Hugo Banzer (1st time)	Military
21 July 1978	21 July 1978	Víctor González Fuentes (Chairman of the Military Junta)	Military
21 July 1978	24 November 1978	Juan Pereda	Military
24 November 1978	8 August 1979	David Padilla (Chairman of the Military Junta)	Military
8 August 1979	1 November 1979	Wálter Guevara (acting)	Authentic Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
1 November 1979	16 November 1979	Alberto Natusch	Military
17 November 1979	18 July 1980	Lydia Gueiler Tejada (acting)	Revolutionary Party of the National Left
18 July 1980	18 July 1980	Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1980 composed of: Luis García Meza Tejada (1st time) Waldo Bernal Pereira (1st time) Ramiro Terrazas Rodríguez	Military
18 July 1980	4 August 1981	Luis García Meza Tejada (2nd time)	Military
4 August 1981	4 September 1981	Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1981 composed of: Waldo Bernal Pereira (2nd time) Celso Torrelio Óscar Jaime Pammo (1st time)	Military
4 September 1981	19 July 1982	Celso Torrelio	Military
19 July 1982	21 July 1982	Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1982 composed of: Natalio Morales Mosquera Óscar Jaime Pammo (2nd time) Ángel Mariscal Gómez	Military
21 July 1982	10 October 1982	Guido Vildoso	Military
10 October 1982	6 August 1985	Hernán Siles Zuazo (3rd time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Left Movement
6 August 1985	6 August 1989	Víctor Paz Estenssoro (3rd time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
6 August 1989	6 August 1993	Jaime Paz Zamora	Movement of Revolutionary Left
6 August 1993	6 August 1997	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1st time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
6 August 1997	7 August 2001	Hugo Banzer (2nd time)	Nationalist Democratic Alliance
7 August 2001	6 August 2002	Jorge Quiroga (acting for Banzer 1 July - 7 August 2001)	Nationalist Democratic Alliance
6 August 2002	17 October 2003	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (2nd time)	Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
17 October 2003	9 June 2005	Carlos Mesa	Non-party
9 June 2005	22 January 2006	Eduardo Rodríguez	Non-party
22 January 2006	Present	Evo Morales	Movement Towards Socialism

[edit] Historical reputation

In 1983, a poll was taken by the newspaper Última Hora to determine which seven historical presidents were regarded as most significant. The "winners" were Antonio José de Sucre, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Mariano Melgarejo, Aniceto Arce, Ismael Montes, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Gallery of Presidents of Bolivia

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