The president of the Chamber of Deputies is the presiding officer of the lower chamber of the National Congress of Bolivia. The president is currently elected for a one-year term.
Below is a list of office-holders.
Name Took office Left office NotesJosé Mariano Serrano10 June 18256 October 1825President of general assemblyCasimiro Olañeta25 May 18261826Matías Terrazas18261826Juan Manuel Mercado18261826Eusebio Gutiérrez1826December 1826José María Pérez de UrdinineaDecember 1826December 1826Mariano GuzmánDecember 1826August 1828 - ?Crispin Díez de Medina18281828 - ?Narciso Dulón?? - 1831Miguel María de Aguirre24 June 1831July 1831 - ?Casimiro Olañeta? - August 1831August 1831 - ?José María DalenceSeptember 18311831 - ?Mariano Enrique Calvo?1832José Eustaquio Eguivar18326 November 1832José Ballivián? - October 1833November 1834 - ?Manuel Estéban Ponce de León??José Lorenzo Maldonado? - 18351835 - ?Fermín Eyzaguirre??Manuel Sánchez de Velasco??José Mariano Serrano? - June 1839October 1839José Maria LinaresOctober 1839November 1839Gregorio ReinoldsNovember 1839November 1839 - ?Manuel Fernando Bacaflor? - October 1840November 1840 - ?Manuel Escobar? - April 1843April 1843Manuel Hermenegildo GuerraApril 1843June 1843 President of the national conventionJosé Lorenzo Maldonado? - 18441845 - ?Rafael Bustillos? October 1846Mariano BalliviánOctober 18461847 - ?Manuel de la Cruz Méndez? - 18471847 - ?José María Linares? - September 1848September 1848 - ?Manuel Macedonio Salinas??Hilarión Fernandez? - October 1848October 1848 - ?Juan Crisóstomo Unzueta? - October 1850October 1850 - ?Melchor UrquidiJuly 1851August 1851President of the national conventionJuan de la Cruz CisnerosAugust 1851November 1851President of the national conventionEmeterio Villamil18571861Manuel José Cortés? - June 1861June 1861 - ?José Manuel de la Reza? - July 1861July 1861 - ?Adolfo Ballivián? - August 1861August 1861 - ?Manuel Laguna??Policarpo Eyzaguirre? - 18631863José Vicente Dorado18631863 - ?Lucas Mendoza de La Tapia? - August 1864October 1864Agustín AspiazuOctober 18641868 - ?Manuel José RiveraAugust 1868October 1868José Raimundo Taborga? - October 1868September 1870 - ? https://repositorio.umsa.bo/bitstream/handle/123456789/18164/TG-4188.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yRicardo Mujía??Tomás Frías Ametller? - June 1871July 1871 - ?President of the constituent assemblyAgustín Aspiazu? - August 1871September 1871 - ?President of the constituent assemblyMariano Reyes Cardona? - October 1871October 1871 - ?President of the constituent assemblyJosé Manuel del Carpio? - August 1872September 1872Mariano BaptistaSeptember 1872October 1872Tomás Frías AmetllerOctober 1872November 1872Juan de Dios BosqueNovember 1872December 1872José Manuel Carpio?1873Daniel Calvo Gómez? - May 1873May 1873José Manuel RendonMay 1873June 1873 - ?Genaro Palazuelos? - October 1873November 1873 - ?Belisario Salínas? - August 1874September 1874 - ?Agustín Aspiazu? - September 1874October 1874Martín LanzaOctober 1874November 1874Serapio Reyes OrtizNovember 1874December 1874 - ?Belisario SalinasJuly 1877November 1877Mariano Reyes CardonaNovember 1877December 1877 - ?Antonio Quijarro? - February 1878February 1878 - ?Ricardo José Bustamante? - July 1878July 1878 - ?Rudecindo CarvajalMay 1880June 1880 - ? President of the national conventionNataniel Aguirre? - October 1880October 1880 President of the national conventionMariano BaptistaOctober 1880August 1881President of the national conventionJuan Francisco VelardeAugust 1882August 1883Belisario BoetoAugust 1883August 1884Isaac TamayoAugust 1884August 1886Jenaro SanjinésAugust 1886August 1888Manuel José FernandezAugust 1888August 1889Jenaro SanjinésAugust 1889August 1890Daniel G. QuirogaAugust 1890August 1891Lisandro QuirogaAugust 1891August 1892Joaquín Eusebio HerreroAugust 1892August 1894Sabino Pinilla VargasAugust 1894August 1895Federico ZuazoAugust 1895August 1896José Santos MachicadoAugust 1896August 1898José María UrdinineaAugust 1898November 1898Pastor Sainz CossíoOctober 1899May 1900President of the national conventionBelisario SalinasMay 1900August 1900President of the national conventionLuis SainzAugust 1900August 1901Carlos V. RomeroAugust 1901August 1902Venancio JiménezAugust 1902August 1903Benedicto GoytiaAugust 1903August 1904José Santos QuinterosAugust 1904August 1905Manuel VergaraAugust 1905October 1905Benjamin CalderónOctober 1905August 1906Constantino MoralesAugust 1906November 1906Rosendo VillalobosNovember 1906August 1907Rafael BerthinAugust 1907December 1907C. Flores QuintelaDecember 1907August 1908Angel Díez de MedinaAugust 1908October 1908Isaac AraníbarOctober 1908August 1909Belisario Velasco V.August 1909December 1909Adolfo OrtegaDecember 1909February 1910Julio CalvoAugust 19101910 - ?José Carrasco Torrico? - August 1910September 1911 - ?Ricardo Cortés? - October 1911November 1911 - ?José Antezana? - 19121912 - ?José Carrasco Torrico? - August 1913August 1913 - ?Carlos Calvo Calbimontes19141915José Gutiérrez Guerra? - August 1915November 1915 - ?Plácido Sánchez Balcázar? - 1916December 1916 - ?José Luis Tejada Sorzano? - August 1917December 1917 - ?Abdón SaavedraAugust 1918August 1919Carlos Calvo CalbimontesAugust 1919February 1920 - ?José María EscalierDecember 1920June 1921President of the national conventionManuel Rigoberto Paredes IturriNovember 19211923Pedro Gutiérrez19231924David Alvéstegui? - November 19241925Flavio Abastoflor? - October 1925March 1926 - ?Héctor Suárez Ramos19261927Constantino Carrión Valencia19271928Daniel Bilbao Rioja1928August 1929 - ?Carlos Salinas Aramayo?17 December 1929Franz TamayoFebruary 1931August 1931Gustavo Ríos BridouxAugust 1931August 1932Enrique González DuarteAugust 1932August 1933Franz TamayoAugust 1933March 1935José BarreroMarch 1935August 1935Fidel Anze SoriaAugust 1935May 1936Renato RiverinMay 1938October 1938President of the national conventionRafael de UgarteApril 1940August 1941Jorge Aráoz CamperoAugust 1941August 1942Demetrio CanelasAugust 1942August 1943Enrique BaldiviesoAugust 1943December 1943Franz TamayoAugust 1944December 1944President of the national conventionJulián MontellanoJuly 1945October 1945President of the constitutional assemblyJosé Antonio ArzeMarch 1947August 1947Antonio Landívar RiberaAugust 1947December 1948Alberto Salinas LópezDecember 1948August 1949Luis Ponce LozadaAugust 1949August 1950Lucio Lanza SolaresAugust 1950November 1950Renán Castrillo JustinianoAugust 1956August 1957Juan Sanjinés OvandoAugust 1957May 1958 - ?Germán Quiroga GaldoAugust 1958August 1959Juan Sanjinés Ovando? - September 1959December 1959 - ?Ernesto Ayala MercadoAugust 1960August 1961Edil Sandoval MorónAugust 1961August 1962Jorge Flores AríasAugust 1962August 1963Juan Sanjinés OvandoAugust 1963November 1964Jorge Ríos GamarraAugust 1966August 1968Franz Ondarza LinaresAugust 1968August 1969Jorge Ríos GamarraAugust 1969September 1969Lidia Gueiler TejadaAugust 1979November 1979José Zegarra CerrutoNovember 1979 July 1980Samuel Gallardo LozadaOctober 1982August 1983Gualberto Claure OrtuñoAugust 1983 August 1984Samuel Gallardo LozadaAugust 1984August 1985Gastón Encinas ValverdeAugust 1985August 1986Willy Vargas VacaflorAugust 1986 August 1988Walter Soriano Lea PlazaAugust 1988 August 1989Fernando Kieffer GuzmánAugust 1989 August 1991Gastón Encinas ValverdeAugust 1991 August 1993Guillermo Bedregal GutiérrezAugust 1993 August 1994Javier Campero PazAugust 1994 August 1995Guillermo Bedregal GutiérrezAugust 1995 August 1996Georg Prestel KernAugust 1996 August 1997Hormando Vaca DiezAugust 1997 August 1998August 1998 August 2000Jaalil Melgar MustafáAugust 2000 August 2001August 2001 August 2002August 2002August 2003August 2003August 2004August 2004 August 2005August 2005 January 2006Edmundo Novillo AguilarJanuary 2006 January 2010Héctor Enrique Arcé ZaconetaJanuary 2010 January 2012Rebeca DelgadoJanuary 2012 January 2013Betty TejadaJanuary 2013January 2014Marcelo Elío ChávezJanuary 2014 January 2015Gabriela Montaño21 January 201518 January 2019Víctor Borda18 January 201914 November 2019Sergio Choque14 November 20193 November 2020Freddy Mamani Laura3 November 20204 November 2022Jerges Mercado Suárez4 November 20223 November 2023Israel Huaytari Martínez3 November 202329 October 2024Omar Yujra29 October 20246 November 2025Roberto Castro Salazar6 November 2025Incumbent
See also President of the Senate of Bolivia
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