Capitale | nom: La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional [legislative and judicial] capital) coordonnées géographiques: 16 30 S, 68 09 W différence de temps: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: La Paz is a shortening of the original name of the city, Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace); Sucre is named after Antonio Jose de Sucre (1795-1830), military hero in the independence struggle from Spain and the second president of Bolivia note: at approximately 3,630 m above sea level, La Paz's elevation makes it the highest capital city in the world |
Fête de l'Indépendance | 6 Aoüt 1825 (from Spain) |
Fête nationale | Jour De l'Indépendance, 6 Aoüt (1825) |
Constitution | history: many previous; latest drafted 6 Aoüt 2006 to 9 Decembre 2008, approved by referendum 25 Janvier 2009, effective 7 Février 2009; note - in late 2017, the Constitutional Tribunal declared inapplicable provisions of the constitution that prohibit elected officials, including the president, from serving more than 2 consecutive terms amendments: proposed through public petition by at least 20% of voters or by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly; passage requires approval by at least two-thirds majority vote of the total membership of the Assembly and approval in a referendum; amended 2013 (2018) |
Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur | 18 ans; universal et forcé |
Pouvoir exécutif | chef d'état (Président): Interim Président Jeanine ANEZ Chavez (depuis 12 November 2019); Vice Président (vacant); note - the president is both chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre) note: former Président Juan Evo MORALES Ayma resigned from office on 10 November 2019 over alleged election rigging; resignations of all his constitutionally designated successors followed, including the Vice Président, Président of the Senate, Président of the Chamber of Deputies, and First Vice Président of the Senate, leaving the Second Vice Président of the Senate, Jeanine ANEZ Chavez, the highest-ranking official still in office; her appointment to the presidency was endorsed by Bolivia's Constitutional Court chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Interim Président Jeanine ANEZ Chavez (depuis 12 November 2019); Vice Président (vacant) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot one of 3 ways: candidate wins at least 50% of the vote, or at least 40% of the vote and 10% more than the next highest candidate; otherwise a second round is held and the winner determined by simple majority vote; president and vice president are elected by majority vote to serve a 5-year term; no term limits (changed from two consecutive term limit by Constitutional Court in late 2017); election last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held NA); note - on 10 November 2019, as a result of an Organization of American States report citing manipulations of the voting system, Président Juan Evo MORALES Ayma announced that the October election results would be annulled and called for fresh elections; MORALES resigned from his position later that day election results: results from the 12 October 2014 election: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (MAS) 61%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana (UN) 24.5%; Jorge QUIROGA Ramirez (POC) 9.1%; other 5.4% results from the annulled 20 October 2019 election: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (MAS) 47.1%; Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (CC) 36.5%; CHI Hyun Chung (PDC) 8.8%; Oscar ORTIZ Antelo (MDS) 4.2%, other 3.4%; note - MORALES was reelected without runoff because his margin over the runner-up was more than 10% note: weeks of protest in La Paz and other cities over allegations of fraud following the October 2019 general election, an announcement by the Organization of American States that the election was manipulated, and pressure from the Bolivian military all culminated in the annulment of the election and the resignation of Président Juan Evo MORALES Ayma on 10 November 2019; Interim Président Jeanine ANEZ Chavez has pledged to hold new elections as soon as possible |
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du décembre 31, 2019