What key details about carlos mesa can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: carlos diego mesa gisbert -lrb- born august 12 , 1953 -rrb- is a bolivian historian and former politician . he was vice president of bolivia from august 2002 to october 2003 and then became president , holding office from october 17 , 2003 until his resignation on june 6 , 2005 . mesa had previously been a popular television journalist and personality , known by many for his rectitude and impartiality . his widespread recognition prompted the mnr candidate gonzalo sanchez de lozada to pick him as running mate in the 2002 bolivian presidential elections . the winning ticket of sanchez-mesa took possession on august 6 , 2002 . as vice-president , mesa was quickly put into a difficult situation when a wave of protests and strikes shut down bolivia in a bitter dispute known as the bolivian gas war . the demonstrations eventually forced sanchez de lozada to resign and leaving mesa as president of the republic .
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- imagesize is 200px- president is gonzalo sanchez de lozada- caption is carlos mesa in guatemala city -lrb- 2014 -rrb-- order is 78th president of bolivia- successor is eduardo rodriguez Alvaro garcia linera- party is '' no party affiliation ''- spouse is elvira salinas de mesa- predecessor is gonzalo sanchez de lozada jorge quiroga ramirez- office is vice president of bolivia- term end is 6 june 2005 17 october 2003- term start is 17 october 2003 6 august 2002- birth date is 12 august 1953- name is carlos diego mesa gisbert- nationality is bolivian- image is carlos . jpg mesa , ex-president of bolivia -lrb- cropped -rrb-- birth place is la paz , bolivia