Bolivia Governo Profilo 2000

Capitale

La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

Indipendenza

6 Agosto 1825 (from Spain)

Festa nazionale

Giorno Di Indipendenza, 6 Agosto (1825)

Costituzione

2 Febbraio 1967; revised in Agosto 1994

Suffragio

18 anni, universal ed obbligatorio (married); 21 anni, universal ed obbligatorio (single)

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato:Presidente Hugo BANZER Suarez (da allora 6 August 1997); Vice Presidente Jorge Fernando QUIROGA Ramirez (da allora 6 August 1997); note - the president is both the capo dello stato and capo di governo
capo di governo:Presidente Hugo BANZER Suarez (da allora 6 August 1997); Vice Presidente Jorge Fernando QUIROGA Ramirez (da allora 6 August 1997); note - the president is both the capo dello stato and capo di governo
cabinet:Cabinet appointed by the president
elections:president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 1 June 1997 (next to be held June 2002)
election results:Hugo BANZER Suarez elected president; percent of vote - Hugo BANZER Suarez (ADN) 22%; Jaime PAZ Zamora (MIR) 17%, Juan Carlos DURAN (MNR) 18%, Ivo KULJIS (UCS) 16%, Remedios LOZA (CONDEPA) 17%; no candidate received a majority of the popular vote; Hugo BANZER Suarez won a congressional runoff election on 5 August 1997 after forming a "megacoalition" with MIR, UCS, CONDEPA, NFR and PDC