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H.E. Phd. Salvador Romero Ballivian,
Presidenta (OEP)

PArt i 10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
7 February 2009
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Language (s)
Spanish (official)
1. Country Name
BOLIVIA 12. Literacy Levels
92.46%
2. Official Name
Plurinational State of Bolivia PArt ii

3. Government LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Presidential Republic

4 Head of the Government (A) LEGISLATURE
Interim President – Jeanine Áñez
1. Structure of National Legislature
5. Head of the State Bicameral
Interim President – Jeanine Áñez
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
6. Capital The Chamber of Senators and The Chamber of
La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre Deputies
(constitutional [legislative and judicial] capital)
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
7. Currency nominated
Bolivian boliviano 36 members of the Chamber of Senators
are elected through closed-list proportional
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) representation system. 77 members of the
mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) Chamber of Deputies are elected by plurality vote
68%, indigenous 20%, white 5%, cholo/chola while 53 members are elected through closed-list
2%, black 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3% ; 44% proportional representation system
of respondents indicated feeling part of some
indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or 4. Popular House
Aymara (2009 est.) Both the Chamber of Senators and the Chamber
of Deputies
9. Date of Independence and from which Country
6 August 1825 (from Spain) 5. Type of Electoral System
Proportional Representation

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