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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.
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.
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora [b] (Latin American Spanish: [ˈlwis alˈβeɾto ˈaɾse kataˈkoɾa]; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020.
Bolivian President Luis Arce, a mild-mannered and bespectacled former economy minister, faced down a coup attempt on Wednesday, as the armed forces withdrew after occupying the central square in ...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday.
Bolivia president replaces heads of the armed forces; new army commander orders troops back to barracks Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced new heads of the army, navy and air force.
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence. [22] The leader of Venezuela, Antonio José de Sucre, had been given the option by Bolívar to either unify Charcas (present-day Bolivia) with the newly formed Republic of Peru, to unify with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, or to formally declare its independence from Spain ...
A top Bolivian general has been arrested and accused of mounting a coup against the government, after attempting to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday, before swiftly retreating and being ...