Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé

He studied at Colegio San Agustín; later he studied law at the Universidad Mayor de San Simón in Cochabamba and obtained his Master of Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[2] In 2005, after weeks of civil unrest led by cocalero activist Evo Morales, former president Carlos Mesa offered his resignation to Congress.Senate President Hormando Vaca Diez and Chamber of Deputies leader Mario Cossío did not take the post, under pressure from opposition protestors.Rodríguez, as non-partisan head of the judiciary and fourth in the line of succession, became the country's new president on June 10, 2005; he was inaugurated with the constitutional mandate to call elections within one year's time.[4] Before taking office, Morales charged that the transfer amounted to putting the country "under foreign domination.
Spanish namesurnamePresident of BoliviaVice PresidentCarlos MesaEvo MoralesSupreme Court of BoliviaCochabambaIndependentAlma materUniversity of San SimónHarvard UniversityBolivian2005 political crisisSupreme Courtmaster's degreeColegio San AgustínMaster of Public AdministrationJohn F. Kennedy School of GovernmentNetherlandsInternational Court of JusticeJeanine ÁñezcocaleroCongressHormando Vaca DiezjudiciaryconstitutionalDecember 2005 general electionHistory of BoliviaList of presidents of BoliviaPolitics of BoliviaBBC NewsPresidents of BoliviaSimón BolívarAntonio José de SucreJosé María Pérez de UrdinineaJosé Miguel de VelascoPedro Blanco SotoAndrés de Santa Cruz1839–1841Sebastián ÁgredaMariano Enrique CalvoJosé Ballivián1841–1847Eusebio Guilarte1847–1848Manuel Isidoro Belzu1848–1855Jorge Córdova1855–1857José María Linares1857–1861José María de Achá1861–1864Mariano Melgarejo1864–1871Agustín Morales1871–1872Tomás Frías1872–1873Adolfo Ballivián1873–18741874–1876Hilarión Daza1876–1879Narciso Campero1880–1884Gregorio PachecoAniceto ArceMariano BaptistaSevero FernándezJosé Manuel PandoIsmael MontesEliodoro VillazónJosé Gutiérrez GuerraBautista SaavedraFelipe Segundo GuzmánHernando Siles ReyesCarlos Blanco GalindoDaniel SalamancaJosé Luis Tejada Sorzano1934–1936David Toro1936–1937Germán Busch1937–1939Carlos Quintanilla1939–1940Enrique Peñaranda1940–1943Gualberto Villarroel1943–1946Néstor GuillénTomás Monje1946–1947Enrique Hertzog1947–1949Mamerto Urriolagoitía1949–1951Hugo BalliviánVíctor Paz Estenssoro1952–1956Hernán Siles ZuazoRené BarrientosAlfredo Ovando CandíaLuis Adolfo Siles SalinasJuan José Torres1970–1971Hugo BanzerJuan PeredaDavid Padilla1978–1979Wálter GuevaraAlberto NatuschLidia Gueiler Tejada1979–1980Luis García Meza1980–1981Celso Torrelio1981–1982Guido VildosoJaime Paz ZamoraGonzalo Sánchez de LozadaJorge Quiroga2001–20022006–20192019–2020Luis Arce2020–present