History of Bolivia (1982–present)
The history of Bolivia since 1982 begins with the restorations of democracy after the rule of the military junta of 1982. Evo Morales held the presidency from 2006 to 2019. A new constitution was enacted in 2009. Bolivia's population has roughly doubled over this period, from 5 million in 1980 to 10 million as of 2012.
Republic of Bolivia República de Bolivia | |||||||||
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| 1982–2010 | |||||||||
| Motto: "¡La unión es la fuerza!" (Spanish) "Unity is Strength!" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Himno Nacional de Bolivia (Spanish) | |||||||||
| Capital | Sucre, La Paz | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, others | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (official) | ||||||||
| Government | Presidential republic | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1982-1985 | Hernán Siles Zuazo (first) | ||||||||
• 1985-1989 | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | ||||||||
• 1989-1993 | Jaime Paz Zamora | ||||||||
• 1993-1997 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | ||||||||
• 1997-2001 | Hugo Banzer | ||||||||
• 2001-2002 | Jorge Quiroga | ||||||||
• 2002-2003 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | ||||||||
• 2003-2005 | Carlos Mesa | ||||||||
• 2005-2006 | Eduardo Rodríguez | ||||||||
• 2006-2010 | Evo Morales (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | National Congress | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | October 10 1982 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 22 January 2010 | ||||||||
| Currency | Bolivian peso | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | BO | ||||||||
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