Cabinet of Bolivia

Council of Ministers of Bolivia, or Cabinet of Bolivia, is part of the executive branch of the Bolivian government, consisting of the heads of the variable number of government ministries. The Council of Ministers are ministers of state and conduct the day-to-day business of public administration within Bolivia.[1] The President of Bolivia may freely reorganize the executive branch, with the most recent comprehensive reorganization occurring in February 2009.[2] Since then, the Ministry for the Legal Defense of the State has become the independent office of Solicitor General, and the Ministry of Communication has been created.

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Current Presidency

Cabinet of Bolivia
Interim Presidency of Jeanine Áñez, 2019–
Office Name Term
Presidency Jeanine Áñez 13 November 2019 - present
Vice Presidency Vacant -
Ministry of the Presidency Jerjes Justiniano Atalá 13 November 2019 - 3 December 2019
Yerko Núñez Negrette 3 December 2019 - present
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chancellor) Karen Longaric Rodríguez 13 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Government Arturo Carlos Murillo Prijic 13 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Defense Luis Fernando López Julio 13 November 2019 - present
Solicitor General's Office José María Cabrera 3 December 2019 - present
Ministry of Development Planning Carlos Melchor Díaz Villavicencio 15 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Education Virginia Patty Torres 18 November 2019 - 27 January 2020
Víctor Hugo Cárdenas 28 January 2020 - present
Ministry of Rural Development and Land Mauricio Samuel Ordoñez Castillo 13 November 2019 - 27 January 2020
Beatriz Eliane Capobianco Sandoval 28 January 2020 - present
Ministry of Economy and Finance José Luis Parada Rivero 13 November 2019 - present
Óscar Ortiz Antelo 7 July 2020 - present
Ministry of Public Works, Services, and Housing Yerko Núñez Negrette 13 November 2019 - 3 December 2019
Iván Arias Durán 3 December 2019 - present
Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga 18 November 2019 - 7 May 2020
Fernando Iván Vásquez Arnés 8 May 2020 - 30 May 2020
Jorge Fernando Oropeza 12 June 2020 - present
Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency Álvaro Eduardo Coimbra Cornejo 13 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Health Ánibal Cruz Senzano 14 November 2019 - 7 April 2020
Marcelo Navajas Salinas 8 April 2020 - 20 May 2020
María Eidy Roca de Sangüeza 21 May 2020 - present
Ministry of Work, Employment, and Social Security Oscar Bruno Mercado Céspedes 28 January 2020 - present
Ministry of Hydrocarbons Víctor Hugo Zamora 14 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Energies Rodrigo Álvaro Guzmán Collao 13 November 2019 - present
Ministry of the Environment and Water María Elva Pinckert Vaca 13 November 2019 - present
Ministry of Productive Development and the Plural Economy Wilfredo Rojo Parada 14 November 2019 - 7 May 2020
Óscar Ortiz Antelo 8 May 2020 - 6 July 2020
José Abel Martínez 7 July 2020 - present
Ministry of Development Planning Carlos Melchor Díaz Villavicencio 15 November 2019 - present


Merged ministries

On 5 June 2020, President Jeanine Áñez, through a message to the nation, announced the decision to reduce her Ministerial Cabinet from 20 to 17 State portfolios, with the aim of saving resources and investing them in strengthening the fight against the coronavirus pandemic .

Thus, the Ministry of Sports and Ministry of Cultures and Tourism were merged under the Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Communication was merged with the Ministry of the Presidency.[3]

Resources

References
  1. Country Studies: Bolivia
  2. Supreme Decree 29894, 7 February 2009.
  3. "Presidencia aclara que Culturas, Deportes y Comunicación seguirán como viceministerios". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-09.


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