birth_place nationality party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name minister occupation
nuestra bolivia señora de la paz , la paz , bolivian movement of the peoples for socialism -- political instrument for the sovereignty 29 june 1967 minister of cultures and tourism january 2012 pablogroux-minculturas-2013 . jpg pablo groux
 february 19 , 2015 pablo césar groux canedo evo morales social researcher , government administrator
pablo groux

pablo césar groux canedo is the former minister of cultures and tourism in bolivia .
he previously worked as a reporter for the newspaper `` presencia '' in 1994 -- 1995 , an investigator for fundación tierra from 1995 to 2000 , and as an official in the la paz municipality .
he served as the cabinet chief in the office of the mayor of the city of la paz from 2000 to 2005 , and then as official mayor of culture from 2005 to 2007 .
during the latter role , la paz was the iberoamerican capital of culture .
groux was appointed by president evo morales as the vice minister for development of cultures , which was then within the ministry of education and cultures .
he was elevated to the head of the newly created ministry of cultures in february 2009 and has twice served as its leader , the first time for 11 months ending in january 2010 , and the second time from january 2012 to february 20 , 2015 .
groux was the coordinator of the world peoples ' summit on climate change and the rights of mother earth in cochabamba in 2010 .
he served as bolivia 's ambassador to unesco from july 5 , 2010 until his re-appointment as minister of cultures in 2012 .
president morales publicly criticized groux for errors in his administration in february 2015 , shortly before replacing him with marko machicao .
in stepping down , groux tweeted , `` i feel grateful and honored to have supported evo , sincerely congratulate marko machicao , and will continue to work for bolivia forever . ''
