The president of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. The president is currently elected for a one-year term.
Below is a list of office-holders.:
Presidents 1831 to 1868
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Notes
|
Crispin Díez de Medina
|
1831
|
October 1831 – ?
|
|
Baltazar Alquiza
|
? – 1832
|
1832
|
|
Manuel Cabello
|
1832
|
November 1833 – ?
|
|
Eusebio Gutierres
|
1833
|
1833 – ?
|
|
Crispin Díez de Medina
|
? – October 1834
|
November 1834 – ?
|
|
Miguel María de Aguirre
|
? – 1835
|
1835 – ?
|
|
José Pablo Hevia y Vaca
|
? – June 1836
|
June 1836 – ?
|
|
José Eustaquio Eguivar
|
? – 1837
|
1837 – ?
|
|
Nicolas Dorado
|
? – 1838
|
1838 – ?
|
|
Ángel Mariano Moscoso
|
? – 1839
|
1839 – ?
|
|
Manuel Hermenejildo Guerra
|
? – 1840
|
1840
|
|
Manuel Sánchez de Velasco
|
? – August 1840
|
1841
|
|
Crispin Díez de Medina
|
? – October 1844
|
November 1844 – ?
|
|
Casimiro Olañeta
|
? – September 1846
|
September 1846
|
|
Manuel de la Cruz Mendez
|
September 1846
|
1847
|
|
José Maria Linares
|
6 August 1848
|
13 October 1848
|
|
Manuel Laguna
|
1849
|
August 1850 – ?
|
|
Martín Cardon
|
? – August 1850
|
August 1850 – ?
|
|
Juan Crisóstomo Unzueta
|
1850
|
1850 – ?
|
|
Miguel María de Aguirre
|
1855
|
1855
|
|
Pantaleón Dalence
|
? – 1857
|
1857 – ?
|
|
Presidents after 1878
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Notes
|
Aniceto Arce
|
May 1880
|
March 1881
|
|
Mariano Baptista
|
? – July 1881
|
1883
|
|
Demetrio Calvimonte
|
1883
|
1883
|
|
Aniceto Arce
|
? – August 1883
|
September 1884
|
|
Mariano Baptista
|
September 1884
|
August 1888
|
|
José Manuel del Carpio
|
August 1888
|
August 1892
|
|
Severo Fernández
|
August 1892
|
August 1896
|
|
Rafael Peña de Flores
|
August 1896
|
April 1899
|
|
Lucio Pérez Velasco
|
August 1900
|
January 1903
|
|
Pastor Sainz Cossío
|
1903
|
1903
|
|
Federico Diez de Medina
|
1903
|
1903
|
|
Aníbal Capriles Cabrera
|
? – August 1903
|
August 1904
|
|
Eliodoro Villazón
|
August 1904
|
August 1909
|
|
Macario Pinilla Vargas
|
August 1909
|
August 1913
|
|
Juan Misael Saracho
|
August 1913
|
October 1915
|
|
Benedicto Goytia
|
October 1915
|
August 1917
|
|
Ismael Vázquez Virreira
|
August 1917
|
July 1920
|
|
Severo Fernández
|
November 1921
|
February 1922 - ?
|
|
José Quintín Mendoza
|
? – March 1922
|
February 1925 – ?
|
|
Felipe S. Guzmán
|
? – September 1925
|
October 1925 – ?
|
|
Adolfo Mier
|
? – October 1925
|
November 1925 – ?
|
|
José Paravicini
|
? – November 1925
|
January 1926
|
|
Abdón Saavedra
|
January 1926
|
May 1930
|
|
José Luis Tejada Sorzano
|
March 1931
|
November 1934
|
|
Zenón C. Orías
|
March 1935
|
August 1935 – ?
|
|
Gabriel Palenque
|
? – February 1936
|
May 1936
|
|
Enrique Baldivieso
|
May 1938
|
April 1939
|
|
A. Saavedra Novales
|
April 1940
|
April 1940 – ?
|
|
Arturo Galindo
|
? – October 1940
|
November 1941
|
|
Waldo Belmonte Pool
|
November 1941
|
August 1943
|
|
Luis Calvo
|
August 1943
|
August 1943
|
|
Manuel Carrasco Jiménez
|
August 1943
|
December 1943
|
|
Mamerto Urriolagoitía
|
March 1947
|
October 1949
|
|
Waldo Belmonte Pool
|
October 1949
|
September 1950 - ?
|
|
Juan Manuel Balcázar
|
? – October 1950
|
November 1950
|
|
Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz
|
August 1956
|
June 1957
|
|
Juan Lechín
|
June 1957
|
August 1957
|
|
Federico Alvarez Plata
|
August 1957
|
September 1959
|
|
Rubén Julio Castro
|
September 1959
|
August 1961
|
|
Alberto Lavadenz Ribera
|
August 1961
|
November 1961
|
|
Federico Fortún Sanjines
|
November 1961
|
November 1962
|
|
Mario Tórres Calleja
|
November 1962
|
December 1962 – ?
|
|
Federico Fortún Sanjines
|
August 1963
|
October 1963
|
|
José Hugo Vilar
|
October 1963
|
January 1964 – ?
|
|
Rubén Julio Castro
|
May 1964
|
November 1964
|
|
Ricardo Anaya Arze
|
August 1966
|
August 1967
|
|
Hugo Bozo Alcócer
|
August 1967
|
August 1968
|
|
Manfredo Kempff Mercado
|
August 1968
|
August 1969
|
|
Julio Campero Trigo
|
August 1969
|
September 1969
|
|
Wálter Guevara Arze
|
August 1979
|
August 1979
|
|
Leónidas Sánchez Arana
|
August 1979
|
December 1979
|
|
Wálter Guevara Arze
|
December 1979
|
July 1980
|
|
Julio Garrett Ayllón
|
October 1982
|
August 1985
|
|
Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada
|
August 1985
|
August 1986
|
|
Óscar Zamora Medinaceli
|
August 1986
|
August 1987
|
|
Ciro Humboldt Barrero
|
August 1987
|
August 1989
|
|
Gonzalo Valda Cárdenas
|
August 1989
|
August 1991
|
|
Guillermo Fortún Suárez
|
August 1991
|
August 1993
|
|
Juan Carlos Durán Saucedo
|
August 1993
|
August 1996
|
|
Raúl Lema Patiño
|
August 1996
|
August 1997
|
|
Wálter Guiteras Denis
|
August 1997
|
August 1999
|
|
Leopoldo Fernández Ferreira
|
August 1999
|
August 2001
|
|
Enrique Toro Tejada
|
August 2001
|
August 2002
|
|
Mirtha Quevedo Acalinovic
|
August 2002
|
August 2003
|
|
Hormando Vaca Diez
|
August 2003
|
August 2005
|
|
Sandro Giordano
|
August 2005
|
January 2006
|
|
Santos Ramírez Valverde
|
January 2006
|
August 2006
|
|
José Villavicencio Amaruz
|
August 2006
|
January 2008
|
|
Óscar Ortiz Antelo
|
January 2008
|
January 2010
|
|
Ana Maria Romero de Campero
|
January 2010
|
October 2010
|
|
René Martínez Callahuanca
|
October 2010
|
January 2012
|
|
Gabriela Montaño
|
January 2012
|
January 2014
|
|
Eugenio Rojas Apaza
|
January 2014
|
January 2015
|
|
José Alberto Gonzáles
|
January 2015
|
August 2018
|
|
Milton Barón Hidalgo
|
August 2018
|
January 2019
|
|
Adriana Salvatierra
|
18 January 2019
|
10 November 2019
|
|
Mónica Eva Copa
|
14 November 2019
|
3 November 2020
|
|
Andrónico Rodríguez
|
3 November 2020
|
|
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See also