Vice President of Bolivia


The Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia or Vice President of Bolivia, is the second highest political position in Bolivia. The Vice President replaces the President in his definitive absence or others impediment and is the President of the Legislative Assembly.
The first Vice President of Bolivia was José Ramón de Loayza, elected by President Pedro Blanco and by the Conventional Assembly in 1828. The Constitution of 1839 eliminated the Vice President position, making the President of the Senate the first in the presidential order of succession instead, a situation that lasted until 1878, when a new Constitution under Hilarión Daza reincorporated the Vice President position, but no Vice Presidents were elected until 1880.
The Constitution of 1880 incorporated the figure of two Vice Presidents, who were elected like the President by direct vote, but with different powers: The First Vice President presided over the Senate and was empowered to replace or succeed the President, The Second Vice President only had the function of replacing or succeeding the President, in case of absence, resignation, inability or death of the First Vice President. This dual form of the Vice Presidents, was in force until 1921 when the Congress-Convention of 1921, convened by Bautista Saavedra abolished the double Vice Presidency.
The unconstitutional government of Carlos Quintanilla amended the Constitution removing the position of Vice President, by a simple decree, once again making the President of the Senate first in the presidential order of succession. This made that Enrique Peñaranda was elected without a Vice President. This lasted until 1945 when the Congress appointed Julián Montellano as Vice President of Gualberto Villarroel.

List of Vice Presidents of Bolivia

Single Vice Presidency (1828–1880)

Double Vice Presidency (1880–1921)

Single Vice Presidency (1921–present)