List of senators of La Paz

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| image1 = Virginia Velasco Condori. Official portrait, 2020. Chamber of Senators of Bolivia.jpg

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| image4 = Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate. Official portrait, 2020. Chamber of Senators of Bolivia.jpg

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La Paz is represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly by four senators and their substitutes elected through proportional representation. They serve five-year terms and qualify for reelection indefinitely. The current delegation comprises three senators from the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) and one from Civic Community (CC): Virginia Velasco, Félix Ajpi, Simona Quispe, and Cecilia Requena. Their respective substitutes are: Hilarión Padilla, Yolanda Ponce, Guido Varela, and Porfirio Menacho. Although the bicameral system was adopted in the 1831 Constitution and was maintained in subsequently promulgated constitutions, it can be affirmed that with the exception of very small intervals, the Senate did not, in fact, exercise its functions until the convocation of the 1882 legislature.{{harvnb|Cáceres Bilbao|2000|p=88}} Furthermore, due to heavy political instability and frequent military interventions since 1882, Bolivia did not experience a continuous, uninterrupted legislative session until 1982. __NOTOC__

List of senators

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4 | 2020–2025
{{Cite web |year=2020 |title=Nómina de Ciudadanos Electos como Senadores |url=https://www.oep.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Separata_Resultados_EG_2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115002727/https://www.oep.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Separata_Resultados_EG_2020.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-15 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=oep.org.bo |publisher=Plurinational Electoral Organ |page=5 |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}Titular senators were sworn in 3 November 2020:

  • {{Cite news |last=Medina |first=Eduardo |date=2020-11-03 |title=Los nuevos asambleístas electos juran para el periodo 2020–2025 |language=es |work=La Razón |publication-place=La Paz |url=https://www.la-razon.com/lr-article/los-nuevos-asambleistas-electos-juran-para-el-periodo-2020-2025/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116045851/https://www.la-razon.com/lr-article/los-nuevos-asambleistas-electos-juran-para-el-periodo-2020-2025/ |archive-date=2021-11-16}}

Substitute senators were sworn in 9 November:

  • {{Cite web |date=2020-11-09 |title=Posesionan a 35 senadores suplentes en la primera sesión ordinaria de la legislatura 2020–2021 |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/prensa/noticias/posesionan-35-senadores-suplentes-en-la-primera-sesi%C3%B3n-ordinaria-de-la-legislatura |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411170011/https://web.senado.gob.bo/prensa/noticias/posesionan-35-senadores-suplentes-en-la-primera-sesi%C3%B3n-ordinaria-de-la-legislatura |archive-date=2022-04-11 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| 1°

| Virginia Velasco

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 3 November 2020

| Incumbent

| Hilarión Padilla

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 9 November 2020

| Incumbent

| rowspan=4 | 2020

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" rowspan=3 |

| rowspan=3 | MAS

| {{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=Virginia Velasco Condori |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/virginia-velasco-condori |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115002750/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/virginia-velasco-condori |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

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| Félix Ajpi

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 3 November 2020

| Incumbent

| Yolanda Ponce

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 9 November 2020

| Incumbent

| {{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=Felix Ajpi Ajpi |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/felix-ajpi-ajpi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115004806/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/felix-ajpi-ajpi |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| {{Cite web |title=Yolanda María Ponce Condo |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/yolanda-mar%C3%ADa-ponce-condo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117080023/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/yolanda-mar%C3%ADa-ponce-condo |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| Simona Quispe

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 3 November 2020

| Incumbent

| Guido Varela

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};" |

| MAS

| 9 November 2020

| Incumbent

| {{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=Simona Quispe Apaza |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/simona-quispe-apaza |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115004745/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/simona-quispe-apaza |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| {{Cite web |date=11 November 2020 |title=José Guido Varela Mancilla |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/jos%C3%A9-guido-varela-mancilla |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828210845/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/jos%C3%A9-guido-varela-mancilla |archive-date=2022-08-28 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| Cecilia Requena

| style="background-color:{{party color|Civic Community}};" |

| CC

| 3 November 2020

| Incumbent

| Porfirio Menacho

| style="background-color:{{party color|Civic Community}};" |

| CC

| 9 November 2020

| Incumbent

| style="background-color:{{party color|Civic Community}};" |

| CC

| {{Cite web |title=Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/cecilia-isabel-requena-z%C3%A1rate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115004756/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/cecilia-isabel-requena-z%C3%A1rate |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

| {{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Porfirio Ovidio Menacho Tarquino |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/porfirio-ovidio-menacho-tarquino |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117080029/https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/porfirio-ovidio-menacho-tarquino |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=web.senado.gob.bo |publisher=Chamber of Senators |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}

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References

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= Bibliography =

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  • {{Cite book|last=Cáceres Bilbao|first=Pío|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EScTAQAAIAAJ|title=Bolivia, el Senado Nacional (Album): Bosquejo Histórico Parlamentario, 1825–1925|publisher=Editora Atenea S.R.L.|year=2000|edition=2nd|location=La Paz|language=es}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Romero Ballivián|first=Salvador|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324569555|title=Diccionario Biográfico de Parlamentarios 1979–2019|publisher=Fundación de Apoyo al Parlamento y la Participación Ciudadana; Fundación Konrad Adenauer|year=2018|isbn=978-99974-0-021-5|editor-last=Quiroga Velasco|editor-first=Camilo Sergio|edition=2nd|location=La Paz|language=es|author-link=Salvador Romero}}

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