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 absence, death or in the event of removal from office.

### Single vice presidency (1828–1880)

|rowspan=2 width="10%"|Portrait|rowspan=2 width="25%"|Name|colspan=2 width="31.4%"|Term of office|rowspan=2|President|rowspan=2 width="26%"|Notes|rowspan=2|R.||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**José Ramón de Loayza Pacheco** <small>(1751–1839)</small>|rowspan=2|18 December 1828|rowspan=2|1 January 1829||rowspan=2 align=left||rowspan=2||
|Pedro Blanco Soto|||||||||||||
|colspan=5|José Miguel de Velasco|align=left|||||||||||
||**José Miguel de Velasco** <small>(1795–1859)</small>|24 May 1829|23 July 1835|rowspan=2|Andrés de Santa Cruz|align=left|||||||
||**Mariano Enrique Calvo** <small>(1782–1842)</small>|23 July 1835|17 February 1839|align=left|||||||||
|colspan=5|rowspan=2|José Miguel de Velasco|align=left|The Constitution of 1839 eliminates the Vice President position.|||||||||
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|rowspan=2 colspan=5|style="border-top:0px;"|Hilarión Daza|align=left|The Constitution of 1878 reincorporates the Vice President position.|||||||||
|Narciso Campero|align=left||||||||||||

### Double vice presidency (1880–1921)

|rowspan=2|Title|rowspan=2 width="2.5%"|rowspan=2 width="10%"|Portrait|rowspan=2 width="25%"|Name|colspan=2 width="31.4%"|Term of office|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party|rowspan=2|Elected|rowspan=2|President|rowspan=2 width="26%"|Notes|rowspan=2|R.|
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|colspan=9|rowspan=4|Narciso Campero|align=left|The Constitution of 1880 incorporates the Double Vice Presidency.|||||||||||||||
||**Aniceto Arce**|31 May 1880|11 March 1881|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|rowspan=3|—|align=left|Appointed by the National Convention as Vice President for 4 years. Sentenced to banishment by Narciso Campero.|||||||||
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||**Belisario Salinas Belzu** <small>(1833–1893)</small>|31 May 1880|4 September 1884|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|align=left|Appointed by the National Convention as Vice President for 4 years.|||||||||||
||**Mariano Baptista**|4 September 1884|15 August 1888|bgcolor=#87CEEB||Democratic|rowspan=2|1884|rowspan=2|Gregorio Pacheco|align=left||||||||
||**Jorge Oblitas** <small>(1831–1900)</small>|4 September 1884|15 August 1888|bgcolor=#87CEEB||Democratic|align=left||||||||||||
||**José Manuel del Carpio**|15 August 1888|4 August 1892|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|rowspan=3|1888|rowspan=3|Aniceto Arce|align=left||||||||
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||**Serapio Reyes Ortiz** <small>(1822–1900)</small>|15 August 1888|11 August 1892|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|align=left||||||||||||
||**Severo Fernández**|11 August 1892|19 August 1896|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|rowspan=2|1892|rowspan=2|Mariano Baptista|align=left||||||||
||**Juan Federico Zuazo** <small>(1825–1892)</small>|colspan=2|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|align=left|||||||||||||
||**Rafael Peña de Flores**|19 August 1896|12 April 1899|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|rowspan=2|1896|rowspan=2|Severo Fernández|align=left|Ousted from office by the Federal Revolution of 1899.|||||||
||**Jenaro Sanjinés Calderón** <small>(1843–1913)</small>|19 August 1896|12 April 1899|bgcolor=#00008B||Conservative|align=left|Ousted from office by the Federal Revolution of 1899.|||||||||||
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||**Lucio Pérez Velasco**|25 October 1899|24 January 1903|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|rowspan=3|—|rowspan=3|José Manuel Pando|align=left|Appointed by the National Convention as Vice President for 4 years. Sentenced to banishment by José Manuel Pando.|||||||
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||**Aníbal Capriles Cabrera** <small>(1854–1924)</small>|25 October 1899|14 August 1904|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|align=left|Appointed by the National Convention as Vice President for 4 years.|||||||||||
||**Eliodoro Villazón**|14 August 1904|12 August 1909|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|rowspan=2|1904|rowspan=2|Ismael Montes|align=left||||||||
||**Valentín Abecia Ayllón** <small>(1846–1910)</small>|14 August 1904|12 August 1909|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|align=left||||||||||||
||**Macario Pinilla Vargas**|12 August 1909|14 August 1913|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|rowspan=2|1909|rowspan=2|Eliodoro Villazón|align=left||||||||
||**Juan Misael Saracho** <small>(1857–1915)</small>|12 August 1909|14 August 1913|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|align=left||||||||||||
||**Juan Misael Saracho**|14 August 1913|1 October 1915|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|rowspan=3|1913|rowspan=3|Ismael Montes|align=left|Died in office.|||||||
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||**José Carrasco Torrico** <small>(1863–1921)</small>|14 August 1913|15 August 1917|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|align=left||||||||||||
||**Ismael Vázquez Virreira**|15 August 1917|12 July 1920|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|rowspan=2|1917|rowspan=2|José Gutiérrez Guerra|align=left|Ousted from office by a _coup d'état_.|||||||
||**José Santos Quinteros** <small>(1865–1951)</small>|15 August 1917|12 July 1920|bgcolor=#FFD700||Liberal|align=left|Ousted from office by a _coup d'état_.|||||||||||
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### Single vice presidency (1921–present)

|rowspan=2 width="10%"|Portrait|rowspan=2 width="25%"|Name|colspan=2 width="31.4%"|Term of office|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party|rowspan=2|Elected|rowspan=2|President|rowspan=2 width="26%"|Notes|rowspan=2|R.||
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|colspan=7 rowspan=3|__|align=left|The Convention of 1921 abolished the double Vice Presidency.||||||||||||||
|Bautista Saavedra|align=left||||||||||||||||
|Felipe Segundo Guzmán|align=left||||||||||||||||
||**Abdón Saavedra** <small>(1872–1942)</small>|10 January 1926|28 May 1930|bgcolor=#FFA07A||Socialist Republican|Dec.1925|Hernando Siles Reyes|align=left||||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2|Council of Ministers|align=left|||||||||||||||
|Carlos Galindo|align=left||||||||||||||||
||**José Luis Tejada Sorzano**|5 March 1931|27 November 1934|bgcolor=#B8860B||Genuine Republican|1931|Daniel Salamanca Urey|align=left|Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Daniel Salamanca Urey.|||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=3|Tejada Sorzano|align=left|||||||||||||||
|David Toro|align=left||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|Germán Busch|align=left height=40px|||||||||||||||
||**Enrique Baldivieso** <small>(1902–1957)</small>|28 May 1938|24 April 1939|style="background-color:"||—|—|align=left|Appointed by the National Assembly as Vice President. Ousted from office by a _self-coup_ of Germán Busch.||||||||
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|rowspan=2|Carlos Quintanilla|align=left height=40px|||||||||||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=3|align=left|Carlos Quintanilla amends the Constitution removing the position of Vice President.|||||||||||||||
|Enrique Peñaranda|align=left||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|Gualberto Villarroel|align=left height=40px|||||||||||||||
||**Julián Montellano** <small>(1900–1989)</small>|6 November 1945|21 July 1946|style="background-color:"||—|—|align=left|Appointed by the National Assembly as Vice President. Ousted from office by a _coup d'état_.||||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2|Néstor Guillén|align=left|||||||||||||||
|Tomás Monje|align=left||||||||||||||||
||**Mamerto Urriolagoitía**|10 March 1947|17 October 1949|bgcolor=#FFDAB9||Republican Socialist Unity|1947|Enrique Hertzog|align=left|Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Enrique Hertzog.|||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=3|Mamerto Urriolagoitía|align=left|||||||||||||||
|Hugo Ballivián|align=left||||||||||||||||
|Hernán Siles Zuazo|align=left||||||||||||||||
||**Hernán Siles Zuazo**|15 April 1952|6 August 1956|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|—|Víctor Paz Estenssoro|align=left||||||||
||**Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz** <small>(1923–1996)</small>|6 August 1956|24 June 1957|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|1956|rowspan=2|Hernán Siles Zuazo|align=left|Resigned.||||||
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||**Juan Lechín Oquendo** <small>(1914–2001)</small>|6 August 1960|6 August 1964|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|1960|rowspan=2|Víctor Paz Estenssoro|align=left|||||||
||**René Barrientos**|6 August 1964|4 November 1964|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|1964|align=left|Ousted Víctor Paz Estenssoro in a _coup d'état_.||||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2|René Barrientos|align=left|||||||||||||||
|Alfredo Ovando Candía|align=left||||||||||||||||
||**Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas**|6 August 1966|27 April 1969|bgcolor=#AFEEEE||Social Democratic|1966|René Barrientos|align=left|Assumed the presidency after the death of René Barrientos.|||||||
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||**Jaime Paz Zamora**|10 October 1982|14 December 1984|bgcolor=#DC143C||Democratic and Popular Union|1980|rowspan=2|Hernán Siles Zuazo|align=left|Resigned to run for presidency.||||||
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||**Julio Garrett Ayllón** <small>(1925–2018)</small>|6 August 1985|6 August 1989|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|1985|Víctor Paz Estenssoro|align=left||||||||
||**Luis Ossio** <small>(1930–2016)</small>|6 August 1989|6 August 1993|style="background:;||Revolutionary Left Movement|1989|Jaime Paz Zamora|align=left||||||||
||**Víctor Hugo Cárdenas** <small>(1951–)</small>|6 August 1993|6 August 1997|style="background:;||Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|1993|Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada|align=left||||||||
||**Jorge Quiroga**|6 August 1997|7 August 2001|style="background:;||Nationalist Democratic Action|1997|Hugo Banzer|align=left|Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Hugo Banzer.|||||||
|colspan=7|Jorge Quiroga|align=left|||||||||||||||
||**Carlos Mesa**|6 August 2002|17 October 2003|style="background-color:"||—|2002|Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada|align=left|Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.|||||||
|colspan=7 rowspan=2|Carlos Mesa|align=left|||||||||||||||
|Eduardo Rodríguez|align=left||||||||||||||||
|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|**Álvaro García Linera** <small>(1962–)</small>|22 January 2006|22 January 2010|rowspan=3 style="background:;||rowspan=3|Movement for Socialism|2005|rowspan=3|Evo Morales|align=left||rowspan=3||
|height=40px|22 January 2010|22 January 2015|2009|align=left|||||||||||||
|22 January 2015|10 November 2019|2014|align=left||||||||||||||
|colspan=7|Jeanine Áñez||align=left||||||||||||||
||David Choquehuanca|8 November 2020|8 November 2025|style="background:;||Movement for Socialism|2020|Luis Arce|||||||||
||Edmand Lara|8 November 2025|Incumbent|style="background:;||Christian Democratic Party|2025|Rodrigo Paz Pereira|||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Vice President
- **body**: the
Plurinational State of Bolivia
- **insignia**: Escudo de Bolivia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Bolivia
- **termlength**: Five years,
renewable once consecutively
- **appointer**: Direct election, Direct popular vote (Two-round system, two rounds if necessary)
- **nominator**: Plurinational Electoral Organ
- **seat**: La Paz, Bolivia, La Paz
- **image**: Edmand Lara 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Edmand Lara
- **incumbentsince**: 8 November 2025
- **residence**: Vice Presidential Palace
- **formation**: 19 November 1826
- **inaugural**: José Ramón de Loayza
- **first**: Álvaro García Linera
- **salary**: 22,904 Bolivian boliviano, bolivianos per month
- **website**: [https://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/ www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo]