600 - 1000 AD Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) empire
c. 1438 Andean Bolivia part of the Inca empire
1538 Spanish Colonization (Bolivia called Charcas by the Spanish)
03 Jan 1548 - 18 Sep 1559 Part of Viceroyalty of Peru
08 Aug 1776 Part of Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
16 Jul 1809 Independence proclaimed in the name of Fernando VII
1811 - 1816 Part of Rio de la Plata (Argentina)
1816 - 06 Aug 1825 Part of Peru
06 Aug 1825 Independence declared (Upper Peru),
recognised by Peru on 18 May 1826
11 Aug 1826 Republica Bolívar
28 Oct 1836 - 20 Feb 1839 Part of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
01 Oct 1868 Republic of Bolivia
20 Oct 1883 Pacific coastline annexed by Chile
04 Jul 1899 - 25 Apr 1900 Acre independent of Bolivia
17 Nov 1903 Acre sold to Brazil by Treaty of Petrópolis
15 Aug 1938 Chaco region ceded to Paraguay
07 Feb 2009 Bolivia
18 Mar 2009 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Plurinational State of Bolivia)
Government: Federal Republic.
Capital: Sucre. La Paz (administrative).
Language: Quechua, Spanish, Aymara.
Religion: Roman Catholic (Seculer State).
National Anthem: "Bolivianos, el hado propicio."
National Day: Independence day, August 6th (1825).
National Motto: La unión es la fuerza! (Unity through strength).
National Emblem: Andean condor.
Currency: Boliviano.
Military Governor
16 May - 18 Aug 1825 Antonio José Francisco de Sucre y Alcalá (1st Time) .. 1795-1830 Mil
Liberator
18 Aug - 29 Dec 1825 Simón José de la Santísima Trinidad
Bolívar y Palacios .................................. 1783-1830 Mil
Military Governor
29 Dec 1825 - 25 May 1826 Antonio José Francisco de Sucre y Alcalá (2nd Time)
25 May - 28 May 1826 José Joaquím Casimiro Olañeta y Güemes ............... 1796-1860 Mil
Presidents
28 May 1826 - 12 Aug 1828 Antonio José Francisco de Sucre y Alcalá (3rd Time)
18 Apr - 12 Aug 1828 José María Perez de Urdininea y Gurruchaga ........... 1784-1865 Mil
(acting for Sucre)
12 Aug - 18 Dec 1828 José Miguel González de Valasco Franco ............... 1795-1859 Mil
(1st Time)
18 Dec - 31 Dec 1828 Pedro Blanco Soto .................................... 1795-1839 Mil
(Provisional)
01 Jan - 24 May 1829 José Miguel González de Valasco Franco (2nd Time)
24 May 1829 - 20 Feb 1839 José Andrés de Santa Cruz y Villavicencio y Calumana . 1792-1865 Mil
(Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivia
Confederation from 28 Oct 1836)
18 Jul 1838 - 22 Jan 1839 Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuélla (1st Time) .............. 1782-1842 Mil
20 Feb 1839 - 10 Jun 1841 José Miguel González de Valasco Franco (3rd Time)
(Provisional Supreme Chief)
10 Jun - 09 Jul 1841 Sebastian de Ágreda .................................. 1795-1875 Mil
09 Jul - 22 Sep 1841 Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuélla (2nd Time)
22 Sep 1841 - 23 Dec 1847 José María de Ballivián y Segurola ................... 1805-1852 Mil
23 Dec 1847 - 06 Jan 1848 Eusebio Guilarte Vera ................................ 1799-1849 Mil
(acting)
06 Jan - 18 Jan 1848 Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez (1st Time) .............. 1808-1865 Mil
18 Jan - 06 Dec 1848 José Miguel González de Valasco Franco (4th Time)
06 Dec 1848 - 15 Aug 1855 Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez (2nd Time)
15 Aug 1855 - 21 Oct 1857 Jorge Córdova ........................................ 1822-1861
21 Oct 1857 - 14 Jan 1861 José Maria Linares y de Lizarazu Beaumont y Navarra .. 1810-1861
14 Jan 1861 - 28 Dec 1864 José Maria Achá Valiente ............................. 1810-1868 Mil
28 Dec 1864 - 15 Jan 1871 Mariano Melgarejo Valencia ........................... 1818-1871 Mil
15 Jan 1871 - 27 Nov 1872 Pedro Augstín Morales Hernández ...................... 1808-1872
(Supreme Chief of the Revolution)
27 Nov - 28 Nov 1872 Juan de Dios Bosque y Ventura ........................ 1829-1890
28 Nov 1872 - 09 May 1873 Tomás Fransisco Frías Ametller (1st Time) ............ 1804-1884
09 May 1873 - 14 Feb 1874 Adolfo Ballivián Coll ................................ 1831-1874 Mil
14 Feb 1874 - 04 May 1876 Tomás Fransisco Frías Ametller (2nd Time)
04 May 1876 - 28 Dec 1879 Hilarión Daza Groselle ............................... 1840-1893 Mil
(Provisional)
28 Dec 1879 - 19 Jan 1880 Uladislao Silva
(President of the Junta)
19 Jan 1880 - 03 Sep 1884 José Narciso Campero Leyes ........................... 1813-1896
03 Sep 1884 - 15 Aug 1888 José Gregorio Pacheco Leyes .......................... 1823-1899
15 Aug 1888 - 11 Aug 1892 Aniceto Arce Ruiz de Mendoza ......................... 1824-1906
11 Aug 1892 - 19 Aug 1896 José Mariano Baptista Caserta ........................ 1832-1907
19 Aug 1896 - 12 Apr 1899 Severo Fernández Alonso Caballero .................... 1848-1925
12 Apr - 25 Oct 1899 Serapio Reyes Ortiz Aguilar .......................... 1822-1900
(President of the Federal Junta)
25 Oct 1899 - 14 Oct 1904 Juan José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares ............. 1849-1917
14 Oct 1904 - 12 Oct 1909 Ismael Montes Gamboa (1st Time) ...................... 1861-1933
12 Oct 1909 - 14 Oct 1913 Eliodoro Villazon Montaño ............................ 1848-1939
14 Oct 1913 - 15 Oct 1917 Ismael Montes Gamboa (2nd Time)
15 Oct 1917 - 12 Jul 1920 José Manuel Justiniano Gutiérrez Guerra .............. 1869-1920
12 Jul 1920 - 28 Jan 1921 Government Junta
- Rosa Bautista Saavedra Mallea ........................ 1870-1939
- José Maria Escalier Villegas ......................... 1863-1934
- José Manuel Ramirez Martínez ......................... 1868-1934
28 Jan 1921 - 03 Sep 1925 Rosa Bautista Saavedra Mallea ........................ s.a
03 Sep 1925 - 10 Jan 1926 Felipe Segundo Guzmán ................................ 1879-1932
(Provisional)
10 Jan 1926 - 28 May 1930 Mariano Hernandez Siles Reyes ........................ 1882-1942
28 Jun 1930 - 05 Mar 1931 Carlos Blanco Galindo ................................ 1882-1943 Mil
(President of the Council of Ministers
of the Military Goverment Junta)
05 May 1931 - 27 Nov 1934 Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey ........................ 1869-1935
27 Nov 1934 - 17 May 1936 José Luis Tejada Sorezano ............................ 1882-1938
17 May - 20 May 1936 Germán Busch Becerra ................................. 1903-1939 Mil
(1st Time, provisional Junta chairman)
20 May 1936 - 13 Jul 1937 José David Toro Ruilova .............................. 1898-1977 Mil
(Junta chairmen)
13 Jul 1937 - 23 Aug 1939 Germán Busch Becerra
(2nd Time, Junta chairmen)
23 Aug 1939 - 15 Apr 1940 Carlos Quitanilla Quiroga ............................ 1888-1964
(provisional)
15 Apr 1940 - 20 Dec 1943 Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo ....................... 1892-1969 Mil
20 Dec 1943 - 21 Jul 1946 Gualberto Villarroel Lopez ........................... 1908-1946 Mil
(Junta chairmen)
21 Jul - 15 Aug 1946 Néstor Guillen Olmos ................................. 1890-1966
15 Aug 1946 - 10 Mar 1947 Tomás Monje Gutiérrez ................................ 1884-1954
(provisional Junta chairman)
10 Mar 1947 - 22 Oct 1949 José Enrique Hertzog Garaizábal ...................... 1897-1980
22 Oct 1949 - 16 May 1951 Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague ...................... 1895-1974
16 May 1951 - 11 Apr 1952 Hugo Ballivián Rojas ................................. 1901-1993 Mil
(Chairman of the Military Junta)
16 Apr 1952 - 06 Aug 1956 Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro .......................... 1907-2001
(1st Time)
06 Aug 1956 - 06 Aug 1960 Hernán Siles Zuazo (1st Time) ........................ 1914-1996
06 Aug 1960 - 04 Nov 1964 Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro (2nd Time)
Chairmen of the Military Junta
04 Nov - 05 Nov 1964 Alfredo Ovando Candía (1st Time) ..................... 1918-1982 Mil
05 Jan 1964 - 04 Jan 1966 René Barrientos Ortuno (1st Time) .................... 1919-1969 Mil
04 Jan - 06 Aug 1966 Alfredo Ovando Candía (2nd Time)
Presidents
06 Aug 1966 - 27 Apr 1969 René Barrientos Ortuño (2nd Time)
27 Apr - 26 Sep 1969 Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas ............................ 1925-2005
26 Sep 1969 - 06 Aug 1970 Alfredo Ovando Candía (3rd Time)
06 Oct 1970 - 21 Aug 1971 Juan José Torres González ............................ 1921-1976 Mil
21 Aug - 22 Aug 1971 Jaime Florenza Mendieta Vargas ....................... 1922- Mil
22 Aug 1971 - 21 Jul 1978 Hugo Banzer Suárez ................................... 1926-2002 Mil
21 Jul - 24 Nov 1978 Juan Pereda Asbún .................................... 1931- Mil
24 Nov 1978 - 08 Aug 1979 David Padilla Arancibia .............................. 1927- Mil
08 Aug - 01 Nov 1979 Wálter Guevara Arze .................................. 1912-1996 Mil
01 Nov - 17 Nov 1979 Alberto Natusch Busch ................................ 1939-1994 Mil
17 Nov 1979 - 18 Jul 1980 Lydia Gueiler Tejada ................................. 1921-2011
(acting President)
18 Jul 1980 - 04 Aug 1981 Luis García Meza Tejada .............................. 1929-2018 Mil
04 Aug - 04 Sep 1981 Waldo Bernal Pereira ................................. 1934- Mil
- Óscar Jaime Pammo Rodríguez .......................... 1934- Mil
04 Sep 1981 - 19 Jul 1982 Celos Torrelio Villa ................................. 1933-1999 Mil
19 Jul - 21 Jul 1982 Natalio Morales Mosquera ............................. 1934- Mil
- Ángel Mariscal Gómes ................................. 1935- Mil
21 Jul - 12 Oct 1982 Guido Vildoso Calderón ............................... 1937- Mil
12 Oct 1982 - 06 Aug 1985 Hernán Siles Zuazo (2nd Time)
06 Aug 1985 - 06 Aug 1989 Víctor Paz Estenssoro ................................ 1907-2001 MNR
06 Aug 1989 - 06 Aug 1993 Jaime Paz Zamora ..................................... 1939- MIR
06 Aug 1993 - 06 Aug 1997 Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada Sánchez Bustamante ......... 1930- MNR
(1st Time)
06 Aug 1997 - 07 Aug 2001 Hugo Banzer Suárez ................................... 1926-2002 ADR
07 Aug 2001 - 06 Aug 2002 Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez ....................... 1960- ADR
06 Aug 2002 - 17 Oct 2003 Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada Sánchez Bustamante MNR
(2nd Time)
17 Oct 2003 - 09 Jun 2005 Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert ............................ 1953-
09 Jun 2005 - 22 Jan 2006 Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé ............................. 1956-
22 Jan 2006 - 11 Nov 2019 Juan Evo Morales Ayma ................................ 1959- MAS
11 Nov 2019 - 08 Nov 2020 Jeanine Áñez Chávez .................................. 1967- MDS
(interim)
08 Nov 2020 - Luis Alberto Arce Catacore ........................... 1963- MAS
MAS=Movimento al Socialism (Movement towards Socialism, Socialist).
MDS=Movimento Democrata Social (Democratic Social Movement, Liberalism, Reginalism).
MIR=Movimento Izquierda Revolucionaria (Movement of Revolutionary Left, Social-democratic).
MNR=Movimento Nacionalista Revolucionaria (National Revolutionary Movement, Centrist).
PODEMOS=Poder Democratic Social (Social and Democratic Power 'We can', conservative ex-ADN).
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