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.

Cabinet of Bolivia

Current: Cabinet of Luis Arce
Agency overview
Type	Advisory body
Headquarters	La Paz, Bolivia]
Employees	18 members: 1 vice president 17 government ministers
Agency executive	Luis Arce, President of Bolivia

Current Cabinet

See also: Government of Luis Arce, 2020–present

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	Luis Arce		MAS	Eco.	8 November 2020	Incumbent	1,120	^[3]
Vice President	David Choquehuanca		MAS	Dip.	8 November 2020	Incumbent	1,120
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Rogelio Mayta		MAS	Law.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[5]
Minister of the Presidency	María Nela Prada		MAS	Dip.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[6]
Minister of Government	Eduardo del Castillo		MAS	Law.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[7]
Minister of Defense	Edmundo Novillo		MAS	Law.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[8]
Minister of Development Planning	Gabriela Mendoza		MAS	Eco.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[9]
Minister of Economy and Public Finance	Marcelo Montenegro		MAS	Eco.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[10]
Minister of Hydrocarbons	Franklin Molina Ortiz		MAS	Eco.	9 November 2020	19 November 2020	1,119	^[4]^[11]
Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energies					19 November 2020	Incumbent		^[12]
Minister of Productive Development and the Plural Economy	Néstor Huanca Chura		MAS	Eco.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[13]
Minister of Public Works, Services, and Housing	Edgar Montaño		MAS	Eng.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[14]
Minister of Mining and Metallurgy	Ramiro Villavicencio		MAS	Eng.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[15]
Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency	Iván Lima		MAS	Law.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[16]
Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security	Verónica Navia Tejada		MAS	Soc.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]
Minister of Health	Édgar Pozo		MAS	Dr.	9 November 2020	19 November 2020	68	^[4]
Minister of Health and Sports					19 November 2020	16 January 2021		^[12]
	Jeyson Auza		MAS	Dr.	16 January 2021	Incumbent	1,051	^[17]^[18]
Minister of Environment and Water	Juan Santos Cruz		MAS	Uni.	9 November 2020	Incumbent	1,119	^[4]^[19]
Minister of Education, Sports, and Cultures	Adrián Quelca		PCB	Prof.	9 November 2020	19 November 2020	368	^[4]^[20]
Minister of Education					19 November 2020	12 November 2021		^[12]
	Office vacant 12–19 November 2021						7	^[21]^[a]
	Edgar Pary		MAS	Prof.	19 November 2021	Incumbent	744	^[23]^[24]
Minister of Rural Development and Land	Wilson Cáceres		MAS	Uni.	9 November 2020	1 December 2020	22	^[4]
	Edwin Characayo		MAS	Agr.	1 December 2020	14 April 2021	134	^[25]^[26]
	Office vacant 14–20 April 2021						6	^[27]^[28]
	Remmy Gonzáles		MAS	Eng.	20 April 2021	Incumbent	957	^[29]^[30]
Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization	Office vacant 13–20 November 2020						7	^[31]
	Sabina Orellana		MAS	Uni.	20 November 2020	Incumbent	1,108	^[32]^[33]
Minister of Energies	Office vacant 9–12 November 2020						3	^[34]
	Franklin Molina Ortiz^[b]		MAS	Eco.	12 November 2020	19 November 2020	7
	Office merged with the Ministry of Hydrocarbons							^[12]

Resources

• Ministry of Foreign Relations
• Ministry of Government
• Ministry of the Presidency
• Ministry of Defense 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. Quelca continued to perform ministerial functions in an unclear, semi-official capacity for some days after his resignation.^[22]
2. As Minister of Hydrocarbons.

References

1. Country Studies: Bolivia
2. Supreme Decree 29894, 7 February 2009.
3. Valdez, Carlos (8 November 2020). "New leftist leader takes office in Boliva". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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6. Claros, Yandira (9 November 2020). "María Nela Prada, la primera mujer que es ministra de la Presidencia". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
7. Claros, Yandira (9 November 2020). "El constitucionalista Eduardo del Castillo es el nuevo Ministro de Gobierno". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
8. Claros, Yandira (9 November 2020). "Edmundo Novillo, exgobernador de Cochabamba, es el nuevo ministro de Defensa". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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13. Flores, Rosío (9 November 2020). "Néstor Huanca, máster en gestión gubernamental, es ministro de Desarrollo Productivo". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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22. "Quelca sigue ejerciendo como ministro y Richter dice que en próximos días asumirá una nueva autoridad". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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24. Alanoca, Jesus (19 November 2021). "Edgar Pary Chambi asume como nuevo ministro de Educación". El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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26. Corz, Carlos (1 December 2020). "Destituyen a Cáceres, Arce posesiona a Characayo como ministro de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
27. "Decreto Presidencial N° 4485". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
28. "Observan que Gobierno no posesiona nuevo ministro de Tierras hace 5 días". Página Siete (in Spanish). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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33. Medina, Eduardo (20 November 2020). "Sabina Orellana fue posesionada como Ministra de Culturas, llama a acabar con el racismo". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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