# 1997–2002 Bolivian National Congress

The 1997–2002 Bolivian National Congress was a meeting of the Bolivian legislature composed of the Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies. It met in La Paz from August 1997 to August 2002 during the presidencies of Hugo Banzer and Jorge Quiroga.
The Congress was elected as part of the general elections on 1 June 1997.

## Congressional presidential ballot

As no candidate reached the required popular vote majority, the newly elected Congress elected the president on 6 August.
Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) was elected with the support of Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA), and Solidarity Civic Unity (UCS). Juan Carlos Durán of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) received only the support of his own party. The United Left (IU) and the Free Bolivia Movement (MBL) abstained.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hugo Banzer | Nationalist Democratic Action | 118 | 79.73 |
| | Juan Carlos Durán | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 30 | 20.27 |
| Total | Total | Total | 148 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 148 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 157 | 94.27 |

## Leadership
### National Congress

* President: Jorge Quiroga (ADN), until 7 August 2001
** Luis Vasquez Villamor (MIR), from 7 August 2001

### Chamber of Senators

* President: Wálter Guiteras Denis (ADN), until August 1999
** Leopoldo Fernández (ADN), until August 2001
** Enrique Toro Tejada (ADN), from August 2001

### Chamber of Deputies

* President: Hormando Vaca Diez (MIR), until August 1998
** Hugo Carvajal Donoso (MIR), until August 2000
** Jaalil Melgar Mustafá (UCS), until August 2001
** Luis Vasquez Villamor (MIR), from August 2001

## Composition
### Chamber of Senators

1997–2002 members of the Chamber of Senators:
| Senator | Department | Party |
| Enrique Toro Tejada | Chuquisaca | ADN |
| Gaston Encinas Valverde | Chuquisaca | MIR |
| Mario Paz Zamora | Chuquisaca | MIR |
| Carlos García Suarez | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Guido Loayza Mariaca | La Paz | ADN |
| Reynaldo Venegas Iporre | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Ericka Brockman Quiroga | Cochabamba | MIR |
| Gonzalo Molina Ossio | Cochabamba | NFR |
| Wálter Soriano Lea Plaza | Cochabamba | ADN |
| Armando Rosas Guzman | Oruro | ADN |
| Felix Alanoca Gonzales | Oruro | CONDEPA |
| José Sánchez Aguilar | Oruro | ADN |
| Edgar Lazo Loayza | Potosí | MIR |
| Gonzalo Valda Cardenas | Potosí | MIR |
| Wilson Antonio Lora Espada | Potosí | ADN |
| Leopoldo Lopez Cossio | Tarija | MIR |
| Óscar Zamora Medinaceli | Tarija | PCB (ML) |
| Raul Lema Patiño | Tarija | MNR |
| Freddy Teodovich Ortiz | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Justo Yepez Kakuda | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Rubén Enrique Poma Rojas | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Miguel Majluf Morales | Beni | MNR |
| Peter Enrique Hecker Haase | Beni | ADN |
| Wálter Guiteras Denis | Beni | ADN |
| Felipe Jose Saucedo Gutierrez | Pando | MNR |
| José Villavicencio | Pando | ADN |
| Leopoldo Fernández | Pando | ADN |

### Chamber of Deputies

1997–2002 members of the Chamber of Deputies:
| Deputy | Department | Party |
| Augusto Valda Vargas | Chuquisaca | MBL |
| Freddy Flores Avilez | Chuquisaca | UCS |
| Jaime Ponce Caballero | Chuquisaca | UCS |
| Gonzalo Aguirre Villafán | Chuquisaca | MBL |
| Jorge Alberto Sensano Zarate | Chuquisaca | ADN |
| Juan Felipe Carvajal Padilla | Chuquisaca | MNR |
| Maximo Fernando Rodriguez Calvo | Chuquisaca | ADN |
| Miguel Antoraz Chalup | Chuquisaca | MNR |
| Moises Torrez Ramirez | Chuquisaca | CONDEPA |
| Morgan López Baspineiro | Chuquisaca | MIR |
| Santiago Arana Bustillos | Chuquisaca | MIR |
| Andrés Soliz Rada | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Benjamín Miguel Harb | La Paz | PDC |
| Carlos Chambi Ramos | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Claudio Loza Alvarado | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Daniel Santalla | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| David Crespo Gamarra | La Paz | NFR |
| Eduardo Paz Rada | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Elisa Zuñiga de Siles | La Paz | ADN |
| Erick Alberto Reyes Villa Bacigalupi | La Paz | NFR |
| Facundo Hurtado Castellón | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Fernando Kieffer Guzmán | La Paz | ADN |
| Gonzalo Ruiz Paz | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Guido Capra Jemio | La Paz | MNR |
| Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez | La Paz | MNR |
| Jaime Gonzales Lopez | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Jorge David Cazas Arevalo | La Paz | UCS |
| Jorge Eduardo Lorini Saenz | La Paz | UCS |
| Jorge Torres Obleas | La Paz | MIR |
| José Luis Paredes Muñoz | La Paz | MIR |
| Juan del Granado | La Paz | MBL |
| Juan Huanca Colque | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Luis Alberto Valle Ureña | La Paz | ADN |
| Luis Llerena Gamez | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Luis Vasquez Villamor | La Paz | MIR |
| Miguel Magne Saire | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Mirian de Quintela Noguer | La Paz | UCS |
| Ramiro Fernandez Argandoña | La Paz | MNR |
| Remedios Loza | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Roberto Moscoso Valderrama | La Paz | MNR |
| Toribio Tapia Valencia | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Verónica Palenque | La Paz | CONDEPA |
| Alberto Gasser Vargas | Cochabamba | MNR |
| Armando de la Parra Soria | Cochabamba | PCB (ML) |
| Carlos Quiroga Blanco | Cochabamba | UCS |
| Félix Sanchéz Veizaga | Cochabamba | ASP |
| Franz Rivero Valda | Cochabamba | NFR |
| Gonzalo Maldonado Rojas | Cochabamba | NFR |
| José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín | Cochabamba | MNR |
| Evo Morales | Cochabamba | ASP |
| Marco Antonio Cartagena Terceros | Cochabamba | UCS |
| Miriam Maesse Ribera | Cochabamba | MIR |
| Néstor Guzmán Villarroel | Cochabamba | ASP |
| Olimpia Ugarte Bilbao | Cochabamba | UCS |
| Oscar Torrico Alvarado | Cochabamba | MIR |
| René Recacochea | Cochabamba | NFR |
| Roberto Fernandez Orosco | Cochabamba | NFR |
| Román Loayza Caero | Cochabamba | ASP |
| Tito Hoz de Vila | Cochabamba | ADN |
| Tonchy Marinkovic Uzqueda | Cochabamba | MIR |
| Carlos Raul Borth Irahola | Oruro | NFR |
| Eduardo Avilés Durán | Oruro | UCS |
| Elvis Ojeda Calluni | Oruro | MNR |
| Fernando Untoja Choque | Oruro | KND |
| Gladys Salazar de Perez Rios | Oruro | MNR |
| Luis Fernando Aramayo Lopez | Oruro | NFR |
| Magin Roque Humerez | Oruro | CONDEPA |
| Óscar Salas Moya | Oruro | ASD |
| Pedro Rubin de Celis Rojas | Oruro | CONDEPA |
| Raul Araoz Velasco | Oruro | MIR |
| Alejandro Centellas Quezada | Potosí | MIR |
| Bernard Joseph Inch Calvimonte | Potosí | NFR |
| Carlos Vicente Aranibar Escarcha | Potosí | MIR |
| Edgar Cueto Acebedo | Potosí | MBL |
| Edgar Jose Zegarra Bernal | Potosí | MNR |
| Felix Vasquez Mamani | Potosí | MBL |
| Hugo Soliz Villegas | Potosí | MNR |
| Jhonny Dario Plata Chalar | Potosí | CONDEPA |
| Juan Luis Choque Armijo | Potosí | MNR |
| Justo Raul Gomez Bustillos | Potosí | ADN |
| Leonor Alcon | Potosí | CONDEPA |
| Lourdes Villacorta Vega | Potosí | ADN |
| Luis Sanabria Taboada | Potosí | UCS |
| Raúl Angelo Porcel Gonzáles | Potosí | MIR |
| Walter Arce Diaz | Potosí | UCS |
| Arturo Juan Liebers Baldiviezo | Tarija | MIR |
| Francisco Vaca Gutiérrez | Tarija | MIR |
| Gonzalo Barrientos de Ugarte | Tarija | UCS |
| Hugo Carvajal Donoso | Tarija | MIR |
| Imel Copa Velasquez | Tarija | MNR |
| Justino Nolasco Llanos | Tarija | MNR |
| Never Eberto Vega Salinas | Tarija | ADN |
| Pedro Jesus Romero Sagredo | Tarija | MIR |
| Soledad Guerra Tovar | Tarija | MNR |
| Alejandro Colanzi Zeballos | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Almeida Felicidad Barba Antelo | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Ana Victoria Banegas Espinoza | Santa Cruz | ADN |
| Carlos Alberto Subirana Suarez | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Carlos Edgar Chavez Teran | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Edil Sandoval Moron | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Gerardo Rosado Perez | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Guido Añez Moscoso | Santa Cruz | MIR |
| Helen Mery Hayes Villagomez | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Hormando Vaca Diez | Santa Cruz | MIR |
| Jaalil Melgar Mustafá | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Jorge Landivar Roca | Santa Cruz | ADN |
| Luis Fernando Robert Landivar Roca | Santa Cruz | ADN |
| Luis Jorge Mayser Ardaya | Santa Cruz | FSB |
| Mario Diego Justiniano Aponte | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Offman Blanco Pacheco | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Roberto Fernandez Saucedo | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Ronald Nieme Mendez | Santa Cruz | MNR |
| Saúl Guillermo Klinsky Callaú | Santa Cruz | UCS |
| Vicente Roca Gil | Santa Cruz | MIR |
| Victor Hugo Añez Campos | Santa Cruz | ADN |
| Wilmar Stelzer Jimenez | Santa Cruz | ADN |
| Carlos Hugo Iriarte Suarez | Beni | UCS |
| Edmundo Guiteras Denis | Beni | ADN |
| Guido Roca Villavicencio | Beni | ADN |
| Jorge Ribera Bruckner | Beni | UCS |
| Manuel Suárez Ávila | Beni | MNR |
| Millán Ribera Arteaga | Beni | MIR |
| Moisés Shiriqui | Beni | ADN |
| Oscar Montaño Rodriguez | Beni | MNR |
| Sandro Estefano Giordano Garcia | Beni | MNR |
| Adolfo Añez Ferreira | Pando | ADN |
| Emigdio Flores Calpiñeiro | Pando | MIR |
| Juan Carlos Riss Cecin | Pando | MNR |
| Miguel Becerra Suarez | Pando | ADN |
| Roger Pinto Molina | Pando | ADN |