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The president of Bolivia is the head of state and head of government of Bolivia, directly elected to a five-year term by the Bolivian people. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. Since the office was established in 1825, 65 men and 2 women have served as president.
Vice-President Mesa publicly broke with Sánchez de Lozada, saying, "Neither as a citizen nor as a man of principles can I accept that, faced with popular pressure, the response should be death." The Minister for Economic Development also resigned. 20,000 Bolivians began to march on La Paz, demanding the President's resignation.
Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities.
[406] [407] The currencies of Venezuela and Bolivia—the bolívar and boliviano respectively—are named after Bolívar. [ 408 ] [ 409 ] In the English-speaking world, Bolívar is known as Latin America's George Washington . [ 410 ]
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president. Lidia Gueiler Tejada was Bolivia's first female president. Sucre oversaw the early developments of the country with the promulgation of the Political Constitution of 1826. Andrés de Santa Cruz oversaw the unification of Bolivia with Peru to become the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in 1836.
At the time of Morales' election, Bolivia was South America's poorest nation. [116] Morales' government did not initiate fundamental change to Bolivia's economic structure, [ 117 ] and their National Development Plan (PDN) for 2006–10 adhered largely to the country's previous liberal economic model. [ 118 ]
Pages in category "Presidents of Bolivia" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. President of ...
On 8 November 2020, Luis Arce was sworn in as President of Bolivia alongside his Vice President David Choquehuanca. [59] On 12 March 2021 the government ordered the arrest of Jeanine Áñez, the former Interim President, and five members of her government for terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy. According to the prosecutors, she and the ...