1997–2002 Bolivian National Congress

1997–2002 Term of the National Congress

Congreso Nacional
1997–2002 Term of the National Congress ; Congreso Nacional
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Senators,; Chamber of Deputies
History
Preceded by	1993–97 Congress
Succeeded by	2002–06 Congress
Leadership
President of the National Congress (ex oficio as Vice President)	Jorge Quiroga, ADN ; since 6 August 1997
	Luis Vasquez Villamor, MIR ; since 7 August 2001
President of the Senate	Wálter Guiteras Denis, ADN ; since August 1997
	Leopoldo Fernández, ADN ; since August 1999
	Enrique Toro Tejada, ADN ; since August 2001
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Hormando Vaca Diez, MIR ; since August 1997
	Hugo Carvajal Donoso, MIR ; since August 1998
	Jaalil Melgar Mustafá, UCS ; since August 2000
	Luis Vasquez Villamor, MIR ; since August 2001
Structure
Seats	157; 27 Senators; 130 Deputies
Chamber of Senators political groups	ADN (11) ADN (10); NFR (1); MIR (7) MIR (6); PCB (ML) (1); MNR (4) ; CONDEPA (3) ; UCS (2)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	ADN (32) ADN (20); NFR (9); FSB (1); KND (1); PDC (1); MNR (26) MIR (23) MIR (21); PCB (ML) (1); ASD (1); UCS (21) ; CONDEPA (19) ; MBL (5) ; IU (4)
Elections
Chamber of Senators voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Additional Member System
Last Chamber of Senators election	1 June 1997
Last Chamber of Deputies election	1 June 1997
Next Chamber of Senators election	30 June 2002
Next Chamber of Deputies election	30 June 2002
Meeting place
	Palace of Congress

The 1997–2002 Bolivian National Congress was a meeting of the Bolivian legislature composed of the Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies. It met in La Paz from August 1997 to August 2002 during the presidencies of Hugo Banzer and Jorge Quiroga.

The Congress was elected as part of the general elections on 1 June 1997.

Congressional presidential ballot

As no candidate reached the required popular vote majority, the newly elected Congress elected the president on 6 August.

Hugo Banzer of Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) was elected with the support of Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA), and Solidarity Civic Unity (UCS). Juan Carlos Durán of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) received only the support of his own party. The United Left (IU) and the Free Bolivia Movement (MBL) abstained.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hugo Banzer	Nationalist Democratic Action	118	79.73
	Juan Carlos Durán	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	30	20.27
Total			148	100.00

Total votes			148	–
Registered voters/turnout			157	94.27

Leadership

National Congress

President: Jorge Quiroga (ADN), until 7 August 2001
- Luis Vasquez Villamor (MIR), from 7 August 2001

^[1]

Chamber of Senators

President: Wálter Guiteras Denis (ADN), until August 1999
- Leopoldo Fernández (ADN), until August 2001
- Enrique Toro Tejada (ADN), from August 2001

^[2]

Chamber of Deputies

President: Hormando Vaca Diez (MIR), until August 1998
- Hugo Carvajal Donoso (MIR), until August 2000
- Jaalil Melgar Mustafá (UCS), until August 2001
- Luis Vasquez Villamor (MIR), from August 2001

^[2]

Composition

Chamber of Senators

1997–2002 members of the Chamber of Senators:^[3]

Senator	Department
Enrique Toro Tejada	Chuquisaca	ADN
Gaston Encinas Valverde	Chuquisaca	MIR
Mario Paz Zamora	Chuquisaca	MIR
Carlos García Suarez	La Paz	CONDEPA
Guido Loayza Mariaca	La Paz	ADN
Reynaldo Venegas Iporre	La Paz	CONDEPA
Ericka Brockman Quiroga	Cochabamba	MIR
Gonzalo Molina Ossio	Cochabamba	NFR
Wálter Soriano Lea Plaza	Cochabamba	ADN
Armando Rosas Guzman	Oruro	ADN
Felix Alanoca Gonzales	Oruro	CONDEPA
José Sánchez Aguilar	Oruro	ADN
Edgar Lazo Loayza	Potosí	MIR
Gonzalo Valda Cardenas	Potosí	MIR
Wilson Antonio Lora Espada	Potosí	ADN
Leopoldo Lopez Cossio	Tarija	MIR
Óscar Zamora Medinaceli	Tarija	PCB (ML)
Raul Lema Patiño	Tarija	MNR
Freddy Teodovich Ortiz	Santa Cruz	MNR
Justo Yepez Kakuda	Santa Cruz	UCS
Rubén Enrique Poma Rojas	Santa Cruz	UCS
Miguel Majluf Morales	Beni	MNR
Peter Enrique Hecker Haase	Beni	ADN
Wálter Guiteras Denis	Beni	ADN
Felipe Jose Saucedo Gutierrez	Pando	MNR
José Villavicencio	Pando	ADN
Leopoldo Fernández	Pando	ADN

Chamber of Deputies

1997–2002 members of the Chamber of Deputies:^[3]

Deputy	Department
Augusto Valda Vargas	Chuquisaca	MBL
Freddy Flores Avilez	Chuquisaca	UCS
Jaime Ponce Caballero	Chuquisaca	UCS
Gonzalo Aguirre Villafán	Chuquisaca	MBL
Jorge Alberto Sensano Zarate	Chuquisaca	ADN
Juan Felipe Carvajal Padilla	Chuquisaca	MNR
Maximo Fernando Rodriguez Calvo	Chuquisaca	ADN
Miguel Antoraz Chalup	Chuquisaca	MNR
Moises Torrez Ramirez	Chuquisaca	CONDEPA
Morgan López Baspineiro	Chuquisaca	MIR
Santiago Arana Bustillos	Chuquisaca	MIR
Andrés Soliz Rada	La Paz	CONDEPA
Benjamín Miguel Harb	La Paz	PDC
Carlos Chambi Ramos	La Paz	CONDEPA
Claudio Loza Alvarado	La Paz	CONDEPA
Daniel Santalla	La Paz	CONDEPA
David Crespo Gamarra	La Paz	NFR
Eduardo Paz Rada	La Paz	CONDEPA
Elisa Zuñiga de Siles	La Paz	ADN
Erick Alberto Reyes Villa Bacigalupi	La Paz	NFR
Facundo Hurtado Castellón	La Paz	CONDEPA
Fernando Kieffer Guzmán	La Paz	ADN
Gonzalo Ruiz Paz	La Paz	CONDEPA
Guido Capra Jemio	La Paz	MNR
Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez	La Paz	MNR
Jaime Gonzales Lopez	La Paz	CONDEPA
Jorge David Cazas Arevalo	La Paz	UCS
Jorge Eduardo Lorini Saenz	La Paz	UCS
Jorge Torres Obleas	La Paz	MIR
José Luis Paredes Muñoz	La Paz	MIR
Juan del Granado	La Paz	MBL
Juan Huanca Colque	La Paz	CONDEPA
Luis Alberto Valle Ureña	La Paz	ADN
Luis Llerena Gamez	La Paz	CONDEPA
Luis Vasquez Villamor	La Paz	MIR
Miguel Magne Saire	La Paz	CONDEPA
Mirian de Quintela Noguer	La Paz	UCS
Ramiro Fernandez Argandoña	La Paz	MNR
Remedios Loza	La Paz	CONDEPA
Roberto Moscoso Valderrama	La Paz	MNR
Toribio Tapia Valencia	La Paz	CONDEPA
Verónica Palenque	La Paz	CONDEPA
Alberto Gasser Vargas	Cochabamba	MNR
Armando de la Parra Soria	Cochabamba	PCB (ML)
Carlos Quiroga Blanco	Cochabamba	UCS
Félix Sanchéz Veizaga	Cochabamba	ASP
Franz Rivero Valda	Cochabamba	NFR
Gonzalo Maldonado Rojas	Cochabamba	NFR
José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín	Cochabamba	MNR
Evo Morales	Cochabamba	ASP
Marco Antonio Cartagena Terceros	Cochabamba	UCS
Miriam Maesse Ribera	Cochabamba	MIR
Néstor Guzmán Villarroel	Cochabamba	ASP
Olimpia Ugarte Bilbao	Cochabamba	UCS
Oscar Torrico Alvarado	Cochabamba	MIR
René Recacochea	Cochabamba	NFR
Roberto Fernandez Orosco	Cochabamba	NFR
Román Loayza Caero	Cochabamba	ASP
Tito Hoz de Vila	Cochabamba	ADN
Tonchy Marinkovic Uzqueda	Cochabamba	MIR
Carlos Raul Borth Irahola	Oruro	NFR
Eduardo Avilés Durán	Oruro	UCS
Elvis Ojeda Calluni	Oruro	MNR
Fernando Untoja Choque	Oruro	KND
Gladys Salazar de Perez Rios	Oruro	MNR
Luis Fernando Aramayo Lopez	Oruro	NFR
Magin Roque Humerez	Oruro	CONDEPA
Óscar Salas Moya	Oruro	ASD
Pedro Rubin de Celis Rojas	Oruro	CONDEPA
Raul Araoz Velasco	Oruro	MIR
Alejandro Centellas Quezada	Potosí	MIR
Bernard Joseph Inch Calvimonte	Potosí	NFR
Carlos Vicente Aranibar Escarcha	Potosí	MIR
Edgar Cueto Acebedo	Potosí	MBL
Edgar Jose Zegarra Bernal	Potosí	MNR
Felix Vasquez Mamani	Potosí	MBL
Hugo Soliz Villegas	Potosí	MNR
Jhonny Dario Plata Chalar	Potosí	CONDEPA
Juan Luis Choque Armijo	Potosí	MNR
Justo Raul Gomez Bustillos	Potosí	ADN
Leonor Alcon	Potosí	CONDEPA
Lourdes Villacorta Vega	Potosí	ADN
Luis Sanabria Taboada	Potosí	UCS
Raúl Angelo Porcel Gonzáles	Potosí	MIR
Walter Arce Diaz	Potosí	UCS
Arturo Juan Liebers Baldiviezo	Tarija	MIR
Francisco Vaca Gutiérrez	Tarija	MIR
Gonzalo Barrientos de Ugarte	Tarija	UCS
Hugo Carvajal Donoso	Tarija	MIR
Imel Copa Velasquez	Tarija	MNR
Justino Nolasco Llanos	Tarija	MNR
Never Eberto Vega Salinas	Tarija	ADN
Pedro Jesus Romero Sagredo	Tarija	MIR
Soledad Guerra Tovar	Tarija	MNR
Alejandro Colanzi Zeballos	Santa Cruz	UCS
Almeida Felicidad Barba Antelo	Santa Cruz	UCS
Ana Victoria Banegas Espinoza	Santa Cruz	ADN
Carlos Alberto Subirana Suarez	Santa Cruz	UCS
Carlos Edgar Chavez Teran	Santa Cruz	UCS
Edil Sandoval Moron	Santa Cruz	MNR
Gerardo Rosado Perez	Santa Cruz	MNR
Guido Añez Moscoso	Santa Cruz	MIR
Helen Mery Hayes Villagomez	Santa Cruz	MNR
Hormando Vaca Diez	Santa Cruz	MIR
Jaalil Melgar Mustafá	Santa Cruz	UCS
Jorge Landivar Roca	Santa Cruz	ADN
Luis Fernando Robert Landivar Roca	Santa Cruz	ADN
Luis Jorge Mayser Ardaya	Santa Cruz	FSB
Mario Diego Justiniano Aponte	Santa Cruz	MNR
Offman Blanco Pacheco	Santa Cruz	MNR
Roberto Fernandez Saucedo	Santa Cruz	UCS
Ronald Nieme Mendez	Santa Cruz	MNR
Saúl Guillermo Klinsky Callaú	Santa Cruz	UCS
Vicente Roca Gil	Santa Cruz	MIR
Victor Hugo Añez Campos	Santa Cruz	ADN
Wilmar Stelzer Jimenez	Santa Cruz	ADN
Carlos Hugo Iriarte Suarez	Beni	UCS
Edmundo Guiteras Denis	Beni	ADN
Guido Roca Villavicencio	Beni	ADN
Jorge Ribera Bruckner	Beni	UCS
Manuel Suárez Ávila	Beni	MNR
Millán Ribera Arteaga	Beni	MIR
Moisés Shiriqui	Beni	ADN
Oscar Montaño Rodriguez	Beni	MNR
Sandro Estefano Giordano Garcia	Beni	MNR
Adolfo Añez Ferreira	Pando	ADN
Emigdio Flores Calpiñeiro	Pando	MIR
Juan Carlos Riss Cecin	Pando	MNR
Miguel Becerra Suarez	Pando	ADN
Roger Pinto Molina	Pando	ADN

Notes

^ On 7 August 2001, President Hugo Banzer resigned for health reasons and Vice President Jorge Quiroga assumed the presidency. The President of the Chamber of Deputies Luis Vasquez Villamor then became President of the National Congress

References

^ "Vicepresidencia de la República de Bolivia > Inicio". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Periodo 1982". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Atlas Electoral". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

[1] On 7 August 2001, President Hugo Banzer resigned for health reasons and Vice President Jorge Quiroga assumed the presidency. The President of the Chamber of Deputies Luis Vasquez Villamor then became President of the National Congress

[2] "Vicepresidencia de la República de Bolivia > Inicio". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

[:0-3] "Periodo 1982". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

[Archived_copy-4] "Atlas Electoral". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

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