Part of Inca Empire
1538 Spanish Colonization
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 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
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.
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.
Inca Emperors
1533-1545 Manco Inca
1545-1560 Sayri Tupac
1560-1571 Titu Kusi
1571-1572 Tupac Amaru
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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