List of Presidents of Bolivia
edit# | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Began office | Left office | Party | Title(s) |
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1 | Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) |
11 August 1825 | 29 December 1825 | Independent | Liberator of Bolivia | |
2 | Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830) |
29 December 1825 | 18 April 1828 | Independent | Liberator of Bolivia (29 December 1825 – 19 June 1826) President (19 June 1826 – 18 April 1828) | |
3 | José María Pérez de Urdininea (1784–1865) |
18 April 1828 | 2 August 1828 | Independent | President | |
4 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1795–1859) |
2 August 1828 | 18 December 1828 | Independent | Acting President | |
5 | Pedro Blanco Soto (1795–1829) |
18 December 1828 | 1 January 1829 | Independent | Provisional President | |
6 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1795–1859) |
1 January 1829 | 24 May 1829 | Independent | Acting President | |
7 | Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792–1865) |
24 May 1829 | 20 February 1839 | Independent | Provisional President (29 May 1829 – 15 August 1831) President (15 August 1831 – 20 February 1839) Supreme Protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation (28 October 1836 – 20 February 1839) | |
8 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1795–1859) |
20 February 1839 | 10 June 1841 | Independent | Provisional Supreme Chief (20 February 1839 – 16 June 1839) Provisional President (16 June 1839 – 15 August 1840) President (15 August 1840 – 10 June 1841) | |
9 | Sebastián Ágreda (1783–1830) |
10 June 1841 | 9 July 1841 | Independent | Provisional Chief | |
10 | Mariano Calvo (1782–1842) |
9 July 1841 | 22 September 1841 | Independent | Acting President | |
11 | José Ballivián (1805–1852) |
22 September 1841 | 23 December 1847 | Independent | Provisional President (22 September 1841 – 15 August 1844) President (15 August 1844 – 23 December 1847) | |
12 | Eusebio Guilarte Vera (1805–1849) |
23 December 1847 | 2 January 1848 | Independent | Interim President | |
13 | José Miguel de Velasco Franco (1795–1859) |
18 January 1848 | 6 December 1848 | Independent | Provisional President | |
14 | Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1808–1865) |
6 December 1848 | 15 August 1855 | Independent | Provisional President (6 December 1848 – 15 August 1850) President (15 August 1850 – 15 August 1855) | |
15 | Jorge Córdova (1808–1865) |
15 August 1855 | 21 October 1857 | Independent | President | |
16 | José María Linares (1822–1861) |
21 October 1857 | 14 January 1861 | Independent | Provisional President (21 October 1857 – 1858) Dictator for Life (1858 – 14 January 1861) | |
Government Junta | 14 January 1861 | 4 May 1861 | Independent | Members: Ruperto Fernández José María Achá Manuel Antonio Sánchez (to 9 April 1861) | ||
17 | José María Achá (1810–1868) |
4 May 1861 | 28 December 1864 | Independent | Provisional President (4 May 1861 – 15 August 1862) President (15 August 1862 – 28 December 1864) | |
18 | Mariano Melgarejo (1820–1871) |
28 December 1864 | 15 January 1871 | Independent | Provisional President (28 December 1864 – 15 August 1870) President (15 August 1870 – 15 January 1871) | |
19 | Agustín Morales (1808–1872) |
15 January 1871 | 27 November 1872 | Independent | Supreme Chief of the Revolution (15 January 1871 – 21 January 1871) Provisional President (21 January 1871 – 25 August 1872) President (25 August 1872 – 27 November 1872) | |
20 | Tomás Frías Ametller (1804–1884) |
28 November 1872 | 9 May 1873 | Independent | President | |
21 | Adolfo Ballivián (1831–1874) |
9 May 1873 | 14 February 1874 | Independent | President | |
22 | Tomás Frías Ametller (1804–1884) |
14 February 1874 | 4 May 1876 | Independent | President | |
23 | Hilarión Daza (1840–1894) |
4 May 1876 | 17 April 1879 | Independent | President | |
24 | Pedro José Domingo de Guerra (1809–1879) |
17 April 1879 | 10 September 1879 | Independent | President | |
25 | Narciso Campero (1813–1896) |
19 January 1880 | 3 September 1884 | Conservative Party | President | |
26 | Gregorio Pacheco (1823–1899) |
3 September 1884 | 15 August 1888 | Democratic Party | President | |
27 | Aniceto Arce (1824–1906) |
15 August 1888 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative Party | President | |
28 | Mariano Baptista (1832–1907) |
11 August 1892 | 19 August 1896 | Conservative Party | President | |
29 | Severo Fernández (1849–1925) |
19 August 1896 | 12 April 1899 | Conservative Party | President | |
Government Junta | 12 April 1899 | 25 October 1899 | Members: José Manuel Pando Serapio Reyes Ortiz Macario Pinilla Vargas | |||
30 | José Manuel Pando (1849–1917) |
25 October 1899 | 14 August 1904 | Liberal Party | President | |
31 | Ismael Montes (1861–1933) |
14 August 1904 | 12 October 1909 | Liberal Party | President | |
32 | Eliodoro Villazón (1848–1939) |
12 October 1909 | 14 October 1913 | Liberal Party | President | |
33 | Ismael Montes (1861–1933) |
14 October 1913 | 15 October 1917 | Liberal Party | President | |
34 | José Gutiérrez Guerra (1869–1929) |
15 October 1917 | 12 July 1920 | Liberal Party | President | |
Government Junta | 13 July 1920 | 28 January 1921 | Members: Bautista Saavedra José María Escalier José Manuel Ramírez | |||
35 | Bautista Saavedra (1870–1939) |
28 January 1921 | 3 September 1925 | Socialist Republican Party | President | |
36 | Felipe S. Guzmán (1879–1932) |
3 September 1925 | 10 January 1926 | Socialist Republican Party | Provisional President | |
37 | Hernando Siles Reyes (1882–1942) |
10 January 1926 | 28 May 1930 | Nationalist Party | President | |
Council of Ministers | 28 May 1930 | 25 June 1930 | Members: Alberto Díez de Medina Germán Antelo Arauz (to 17 June 1930) Franklin Mercado David Toro José Aguirre Achá Fidel Vega Carlos Banzer Ezequiel Romecín Calderón (from 17 June 1930) | |||
38 | Carlos Blanco Galindo (1882–1943) |
28 June 1930 | 5 March 1931 | Military | Chairman of the Military Government Junta Members: | |
39 | Daniel Salamanca Urey (1869–1935) |
5 March 1931 | 27 November 1934 | Genuine Republican Party | President | |
40 | José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882–1938) |
28 November 1934 | 17 May 1936 | Liberal Party | President | |
41 | Germán Busch (1904–1939) |
17 May 1936 | 20 May 1936 | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta | |
42 | David Toro (1898–1977) |
20 May 1936 | 13 July 1937 | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta | |
43 | Germán Busch (1904–1939) |
13 July 1937 | 23 August 1939 | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta (13 July 1937 – 28 May 1938) President (28 May 1938 – 23 August 1939) | |
44 | Carlos Quintanilla (1888–1964) |
23 August 1939 | 15 April 1940 | Military | Provisional President | |
45 | Enrique Peñaranda (1892–1969) |
15 April 1940 | 20 December 1943 | Concordance | President | |
46 | Gualberto Villarroel (1908–1946) |
20 December 1943 | 21 July 1946 | Military | Chairman of the Government Junta (20 December 1943 – 5 April 1944) Provisional President (5 April 1944 – 6 August 1944) President (6 August 1944 – 21 July 1946) | |
47 | Néstor Guillén (1890–1966) |
21 July 1946 | 15 August 1946 | Independent | Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta | |
48 | Tomás Monje (1884–1954) |
15 August 1946 | 10 March 1947 | Independent | Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta | |
49 | Enrique Hertzog (1896–1980) |
10 March 1947 | 22 October 1949 | Republican Socialist Unity Party | President | |
50 | Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1895–1974) |
22 October 1949 | 16 May 1951 | Republican Socialist Unity Party | Acting President (22 October 1949 – 24 October 1949) President (24 October 1949 – 16 May 1951) | |
51 | Hugo Ballivián (1901–1993) |
16 May 1951 | 11 April 1952 | Military | Chairman of the Military Junta Members: Antonió Seleme Vargas Humberto Torres Ortiz | |
52 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914–1996) |
11 April 1952 | 16 April 1952 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Provisional President | |
53 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907–2001) |
16 April 1952 | 6 August 1956 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
54 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914–1996) |
6 August 1956 | 6 August 1960 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
55 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907–2001) |
6 August 1960 | 4 November 1964 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
56 | René Barrientos (1919–1969) |
5 November 1964 | 26 May 1965 | Military | Chairman of the Military Junta | |
René Barrientos (1919–1969) + Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918–1982) |
26 May 1965 | 2 January 1966 | Military | Co-Chairmen of the Military Junta | ||
57 | Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918–1982) |
2 January 1966 | 6 August 1966 | Military | Chairman of the Military Junta | |
58 | René Barrientos (1919–1969) |
6 August 1966 | 27 April 1969 | Popular Christian Movement | President | |
59 | Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas (1925–2005) |
27 April 1969 | 26 September 1969 | Social Democratic Party | President | |
60 | Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918–1982) |
26 September 1969 | 6 October 1970 | Military | President | |
61 | Juan José Torres (1920–1976) |
7 October 1970 | 21 August 1971 | Military | President | |
62 | Hugo Banzer (1926–2002) |
22 August 1971 | 21 July 1978 | Military | President | |
Víctor González Fuentes | 21 July 1978 | 21 July 1978 | Military | Chairman of the Military Junta | ||
63 | Juan Pereda (1931–2012) |
21 July 1978 | 24 November 1978 | Military | President | |
64 | David Padilla (1927–2016) |
24 November 1978 | 8 August 1979 | Military | Chairman of the Military Junta | |
65 | Wálter Guevara (1912–1996) |
8 August 1979 | 1 November 1979 | Authentic Revolutionary Party | Acting President | |
66 | Alberto Natusch (1933–1994) |
1 November 1979 | 16 November 1979 | Military | President | |
67 | File:Lidia Gueiler Tejada1.jpg | Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921–2011) |
17 November 1979 | 18 July 1980 | Revolutionary Left Front | Acting President |
68 | Luis García Meza Tejada (1929–) |
18 July 1980 | 4 August 1981 | Military | President | |
Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces 1981 | 4 August 1981 | 4 September 1981 | Military | Members: Waldo Bernal Pereira Celso Torrelio Óscar Jaime Pammo | ||
69 | Celso Torrelio (1933–1999) |
4 September 1981 | 19 July 1982 | Military | President | |
70 | Guido Vildoso (1937–) |
21 July 1982 | 10 October 1982 | Military | President | |
71 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914–1996) |
10 October 1982 | 6 August 1985 | Democratic and Popular Union | President | |
72 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907–2001) |
6 August 1985 | 6 August 1989 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
73 | Jaime Paz Zamora (1939–) |
6 August 1989 | 6 August 1993 | Revolutionary Left Movement | President | |
74 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930–) |
6 August 1993 | 6 August 1997 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
75 | Hugo Banzer (1926–2002) |
6 August 1997 | 7 August 2001 | Nationalist Democratic Action | President | |
76 | Jorge Quiroga (1960–) |
7 August 2001 | 6 August 2002 | Nationalist Democratic Action | President | |
77 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930–) |
6 August 2002 | 17 October 2003 | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | President | |
78 | Carlos Mesa (1953–) |
17 October 2003 | 9 June 2005 | Independent | President | |
79 | Eduardo Rodríguez (1956–) |
9 June 2005 | 22 January 2006 | Independent | President | |
80 | Evo Morales (1959–) |
22 January 2006 | Incumbent | Movement for Socialism | President |