Adolfo Chávez
{{Infobox person
| image = Adolfo Chávez Beyuma.jpg
| caption = Adolfo Chávez in 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tumusa Community, Bolivia
| known_for = {{ubl
|Creating the Flag of the Patujú flower in part
|Leading the TIPNIS 2011 protests against the Morales Administration}}
| occupation = Indigenist political activism
| alma_mater = Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
}}
Adolfo Chávez Beyuma (born 2 March 1971), a Bolivian indigenous leader, has been the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB) since 2006. Chávez is a member of the Takana people, born in Tumusa, Mecapaca Municipality, Murillo Province of the La Paz Department of Bolivia.{{Cite news|title=El líder de la CIDOB, Adolfo Chávez, revela en una entrevista que quisieron matarlo en la marcha por el Tipnis |work=El Día |location=Santa Cruz, Bolivia |accessdate=2011-12-19 |date=2011-11-06 |url=http://www.ftierra.org/ft/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7715&Itemid=213 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128175107/http://www.ftierra.org/ft/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7715&Itemid=213 |archivedate=2011-11-28 }} He has twice been elected as Secretary of Land and Territory of the La Paz departmental indigenous organization, Center of Indigenous Peoples of La Paz (CPILAP). Between 2018 and 2022 he administered the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA).
File:Flag of the Patujú flower.svg, previously created in 2009, was popularized by Adolfo Chávez Beyuma in 2011.]]
He helped to popularize the Flag of the Patujú flower which was a prominent symbol in the 2011 TIPNIS protests.{{cite web|title=Marcha indígena. La bandera con el patujú se alza como un simbolo; Evo pondera la wiphala|url=http://eju.tv/2011/08/marcha-indgena-la-bandera-con-el-patuj-se-alza-como-un-smbolo-evo-pondera-la-wiphala/|publisher=Eju|date=August 18, 2011|language=es}}
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