History of Bolivia (1982–present)
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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.
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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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