Rodrigo Paz Pereira
{{Short description|Bolivian Senator for Tarija (2020–present)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{For|the Ecuadorian politician|Rodrigo Paz}}
{{Family name hatnote|Paz|Pereira|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rodrigo Paz Pereira
| image = Rodrigo Paz Pereira. Official portrait, 2020. Chamber of Senators of Bolivia.jpg
| alt = Official photo of Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 2020
| term_start = 3 November 2020
| term_end =
| 1blankname = {{nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata = Zoya Zamora
| alongside = Nely Gallo, Gladys Alarcón Farfán, and Miguel Rejas
| predecessor = Marcelo Antezana
| successor =
| office1 = Second Vice President of the Senate
| president1 = Andrónico Rodríguez
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|First Vice
President}}
| 1namedata1 = Lindaura Rasguido
| term_start1 = 4 November 2020
| term_end1 = 4 November 2021
| predecessor1 = Carmen Eva Gonzales
| successor1 = Santiago Ticona
| office2 = Leader of First the People
| term_start2 = 3 April 2019
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Civic group established
| successor2 =
| office3 = Mayor of Tarija
| term_start3 = 30 May 2015
| term_end3 = 24 October 2020
| predecessor3 = Oscar Montes
| successor3 = Alfonso Lema
| office4 = President of the Tarija Municipal Council
| term_start4 = 31 May 2010
| term_end4 = 30 May 2015
| 1blankname4 = {{nowrap|Mayor}}
| 1namedata4 = Oscar Montes
| predecessor4 = Roberto Ávila Castellanos
| successor4 = Alfonso Lema
| office5 = Member of the Chamber of
Deputies from Tarija
| term_start5 = 22 January 2006
| term_end5 = 22 January 2010
| 1blankname5 = {{nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata5 = Julio Vaca Guzmán
| predecessor5 = Fernando Castellanos
| successor5 = Roy Cornejo Raña
| constituency5 = Circumscription 46
| term_start6 = 6 August 2002
| term_end6 = 22 January 2006
| 1blankname6 = {{nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata6 = Pedro Romero Sagredo
| predecessor6 = Pedro Romero Sagredo
| successor6 = Eulalio Sánchez
| constituency6 = Circumscription 49
| birth_name = Rodrigo Paz Pereira
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| parents = Jaime Paz Zamora
Carmen Pereira Carballo
| spouse = Mari Elena Urquidi
| children = {{flatlist|
- Catalina
- Alicia
- Paulino
- Elena
}}
| party = {{tree list}}
- First the People
(2019–present) - Civic Community
(2020–present)
{{tree list end}}
| otherparty = {{tree list}}
- Revolutionary Left Movement
(before 2006) - MIR-FRI (2002–2005)
- Social Democratic Power (2005–2008)
- United to Renew (2009–2016)
{{tree list end}}
| education = San Ignacio School
| alma_mater = American University
(BIGS, MPM)
}}
Rodrigo Paz Pereira (born 22 September 1967) is a Bolivian politician serving as senator for Tarija since 2020. A member of Civic Community, he has been the leader of the First the People civic group —the alliance's primary partner in Tarija— since 2019. As a member of United to Renew, he previously served as mayor of Tarija from 2015 to 2020 and as president of the Tarija Municipal Council from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as a uninominal member of the Chamber of Deputies from Tarija representing circumscription 46 from 2005 to 2010 and circumscription 49 from 2002 to 2006, on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement, the party of his father, former president Jaime Paz Zamora.
Early life and career
= Early life and education =
Rodrigo Paz Pereira was born on 22 September 1967 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the first-born son of Carmen Pereira Carballo and Jaime Paz Zamora, founder and head of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), future vice president (1982–1984), and future president (1989–1993). Paz spent his childhood and adolescence in political exile, a by-product of his father's political activity during the military dictatorships of the 1970s and early 1980s. He studied in numerous Jesuit schools in several countries, and when democracy was re-established in Bolivia, he attended the San Ignacio School in La Paz. Later, Paz studied at the American University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in international relations with a major in economics and a master's in political management.{{Cite news |last=Villarroel |first=Milenka |date=2013-03-17 |title=Un mirista desde la cuna. Rodrigo Paz Pereira |language=es |work=La Razón |publication-place=La Paz |url=https://www.la-razon.com/lr-article/un-mirista-desde-la-cuna-rodrigo-paz-pereira-2/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322113113/https://www.la-razon.com/lr-article/un-mirista-desde-la-cuna-rodrigo-paz-pereira-2/ |archive-date=2022-03-22}} During the presidency of Hugo Banzer —whose government was supported by the MIR— he worked as a commercial attaché at the Bolivian embassy in Spain and served as chargé d'affaires to the World Trade Organization.{{harvnb|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=445}}
= Political career =
Together with his brother, Jaime Paz Pereira, he was one of the so-called "political heirs" of the country, a group of younger statesmen whose political careers had been facilitated by their connections to the country's prominent party leaders. In the 2002 general elections, the MIR nominated Paz as its candidate for Tarija in circumscription 49 (Avilés-Méndez), a major stronghold of support for the party. Winning the seat with a comfortable majority, he was elected to represent the district for the 2002–2007 National Congress.{{Cite news|date=2002-07-13|title=Datos Oficiales de la CNE: Nomina de diputados y senadores electos|language=es|work=Agencia de Noticias Fides|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/datos-oficiales-de-la-cne-nomina-de-diputados-y-senadores-electos-60941|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115065014/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/datos-oficiales-de-la-cne-nomina-de-diputados-y-senadores-electos-60941|url-status=live}} Though the significant social conflicts of the time culminated in the collapse of the traditional party system, Paz's already-established political career survived. When the legislature's mandate was shortened by two years, he was presented by a diminished MIR as its candidate for Tarija in circumscription 46 (Cercado) for the 2005 general elections, in alliance with Social Democratic Power of Jorge Quiroga.{{Cite news|date=2005-09-06|title=MIR reafirma alianza con 'Tuto' al inscribir a sus candidatos a|language=es|work=Agencia de Noticias Fides|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mir-reafirma-alianza-con-tuto-al-inscribir-a-sus-candidatos-a-88284|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119064451/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/mir-reafirma-alianza-con-tuto-al-inscribir-a-sus-candidatos-a-88284|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLzWkUSNy2sC&q=rodrigo%20paz|title=Informe al H. Congreso Nacional {{!}} Elecciones generales|publisher=National Electoral Court|year=2005|publication-place=La Paz|pages=248|language=es|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119064452/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Informe_al_H_Congreso_Nacional/WLzWkUSNy2sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=rodrigo+paz|url-status=live}}
Mayor of Tarija
By 2006, the inability of the MIR to achieve the required two percent vote threshold in that year's constituent assembly elections led to the loss of its national registration.{{Cite news|author=Staff writer|date=2006-08-31|title=Pierde registro electoral partido de ex presidente Paz Zamora|language=es|work=La Nación|agency=EFE|location=La Paz|publication-place=San José|url=https://www.nacion.com/archivo/pierde-registro-electoral-partido-de-ex-presidente-paz-zamora/JRQ4FYHNNZBTBDS4XUIBRYTYUU/story/|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119064437/https://www.nacion.com/archivo/pierde-registro-electoral-partido-de-ex-presidente-paz-zamora/JRQ4FYHNNZBTBDS4XUIBRYTYUU/story/|url-status=live}} With that, Paz joined the ranks of United to Renew (UNIR), led by the ex-Mirista and Tarija mayor Oscar Montes. In the 2010 regional elections, he headed UNIR's list of councillors in Tarija in support of Montes' bid for a third mayoral term.{{harvnb|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=446}} From 2010 to 2015, he served under Montes as the president of the Tarija Municipal Council and was nominated to succeed Montes as UNIR's mayoral candidate in the 2015 regional elections. Paz swept the race, winning almost sixty percent of the city's votes.{{Cite news |date=2015-05-31 |title=Oscar Montes Barzón jura como alcalde por tercera vez |language=es |work=Centro de Investigación y Apoyo Campesino |url=http://www.ciac-idr.com/index.php?p=3696 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111130749/http://www.ciac-idr.com/index.php?p=3696 |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{Cite news|last=Mendoza|first=Sergio|date=2015-03-30|title=Oposición arrasa en Tarija con más de la mitad de los votos|language=es|work=Página Siete|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/decision2016/2015/3/30/oposicion-arrasa-tarija-mitad-votos-51795.html|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111145215/https://www.paginasiete.bo/decision2016/2015/3/30/oposicion-arrasa-tarija-mitad-votos-51795.html|url-status=live}}
At his mayoral inauguration on 30 May 2015, Montes highlighted that "it has been the MIR, then UNIR, who will govern Tarija for twenty consecutive years".{{Cite news|date=2015-05-30|title=Rodrigo Paz juró como alcalde de Tarija y Unir se queda con la directiva del Concejo|language=es|work=eju!|url=https://eju.tv/2015/05/rodrigo-paz-jur-como-alcalde-de-tarija-y-unir-se-queda-con-la-directiva-del-concejo/|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111090453/https://eju.tv/2015/05/rodrigo-paz-jur-como-alcalde-de-tarija-y-unir-se-queda-con-la-directiva-del-concejo/|url-status=live}} However, Paz's own political project, focused on "rescuing the great Mirista root" of his father's party,{{Cite news|date=2015-12-19|title=Rodrigo Paz, un servidor público|language=es|work=Los Tiempos|publication-place=Cochabamba|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/oh/entrevista/20151219/rodrigo-paz-servidor-publico|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111090511/https://www.lostiempos.com/oh/entrevista/20151219/rodrigo-paz-servidor-publico|url-status=live}} ultimately resulted in the rupture of his alliance with Montes and his departure from UNIR just a year into his term, under accusations that he was trying to "destroy UNIR in order to structure the Revolutionary Left Movement".{{Cite news|last=Mendoza|first=Luz|date=2016-04-12|title=Tarija. Montes reaparece y anuncia batalla legal por titularidad de UNIR; ve traición de Rodrigo Paz|language=es|work=eju!|publication-place=Tarija|url=https://eju.tv/2016/04/tarija-montes-reaparece-anuncia-batalla-legal-titularidad-unir-ve-traicion-rodrigo-paz/|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160530/https://eju.tv/2016/04/tarija-montes-reaparece-anuncia-batalla-legal-titularidad-unir-ve-traicion-rodrigo-paz/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2021-09-08|title=¿Extinción o refundación? Lo que sea del MIR pasa por Tarija|language=es|work=El País|publication-place=Tarija|url=https://elpais.bo/tarija/20210908_extincion-o-refundacion-lo-que-sea-del-mir-pasa-por-tarija.html|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160530/https://elpais.bo/tarija/20210908_extincion-o-refundacion-lo-que-sea-del-mir-pasa-por-tarija.html|url-status=live}} The culmination of Paz's political project came on 3 April 2019 with the establishment of the First the People (Primero la Gente; PG) civic group. With himself at the head, PG aimed at consolidating municipal and departmental sectors into a political alliance whose "ideology is the people".{{Cite news|date=2019-04-03|title='Primero la Gente' fue presentada oficialmente en Tarija|language=es|work=La Voz de Tarija|publication-place=Tarija|url=https://lavozdetarija.com/2019/04/03/primero-la-gente-fue-presentada-oficialmente-en-tarija/|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111125327/https://lavozdetarija.com/2019/04/03/primero-la-gente-fue-presentada-oficialmente-en-tarija/|url-status=live}}
After the 2019 political crisis, Paz's mayoral term was extended by an additional year.{{Cite news |last=García Hernandez |first=Sergıo Felıpe |date=2020-01-16 |title=Tribunal Constitucional de Bolivia extiende el mandato de presidenta interina Jeanine Áñez |language=es |work=Anadolu Agency |location=Bogotá |publication-place=Ankara |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/es/mundo/tribunal-constitucional-de-bolivia-extiende-el-mandato-de-presidenta-interina-jeanine-%C3%A1%C3%B1ez/1704091 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321132328/https://www.aa.com.tr/es/mundo/tribunal-constitucional-de-bolivia-extiende-el-mandato-de-presidenta-interina-jeanine-%C3%A1%C3%B1ez/1704091 |archive-date=2021-03-21 |quote=El TCP indicó que la extensión del mandato también se aplicará a los integrantes de la Asamblea Legislativa, a los alcaldes y gobernadores del país.}} However, he cut it short by tendering his resignation on 20 October 2020 to take office in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.{{Cite news|date=2020-10-20|title=Rodrigo Paz renuncia como Alcalde de Tarija para asumir en la Asamblea Legislativa|language=es|work=Erbol|url=https://erbol.com.bo/nacional/rodrigo-paz-renuncia-como-alcalde-de-tarija-para-asumir-en-la-asamblea-legislativa|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212143720/https://erbol.com.bo/nacional/rodrigo-paz-renuncia-como-alcalde-de-tarija-para-asumir-en-la-asamblea-legislativa|url-status=live}} After four days of debate, the Municipal Council voted to accept Paz's resignation and elected its president, Alfonso Lema, as his successor.{{Cite news|last=Pérez Castellanos|first=Lorena|date=2020-10-24|title=Elección en el Concejo, Alfonso Lema es el nuevo alcalde de Tarija|language=es|work=El País|publication-place=Tarija|url=https://elpais.bo/tarija/20201024_eleccion-en-el-concejo-alfonso-lema-es-el-nuevo-alcalde-de-tarija.html|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111090452/https://elpais.bo/tarija/20201024_eleccion-en-el-concejo-alfonso-lema-es-el-nuevo-alcalde-de-tarija.html|url-status=live}}
In 2024, the Departmental Prosecutor's Office of Tarija formally charged Paz with alleged irregularities related to the 4 de Julio Bridge, a public works project awarded during his tenure as mayor. The bridge—now widely referred to as the "Million-Dollar Bridge" (Puente Millonario)—was contracted for Bs 73.2 million in 2018, during Paz’s administration, but was completed several years later, when he was no longer in office. The case was brought forward following a complaint by current mayor Jhonny Torres and is being handled by the Fourth Anti-Corruption Court of Tarija.{{Cite news|date=2025-02-24|title=Fiscalía imputa al exalcalde tarijeño y senador Rodrigo Paz por el puente millonario|language=es|work=Agencia Boliviana de Información – ABI|url=https://abi.bo/index.php/component/content/article/38-notas/noticias/seguridad/60971-fiscalia-imputa-al-exalcalde-tarijeno-y-senador-rodrigo-paz-por-el-puente-millonario?Itemid=101|access-date=2025-04-22|url-status=live}}
Chamber of Senators
= Elections =
{{Main|2020 Bolivian general election}}In the 2019 general elections, PG signed an alliance with the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), which presented Paz's father, ex-president Jaime Paz Zamora, as its presidential candidate.{{Cite news|date=2019-04-01|title=Alcalde de Tarija firma alianza política con su padre Jaime Paz|language=es|work=Página Siete|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/4/1/alcalde-de-tarija-firma-alianza-politica-con-su-padre-jaime-paz-213798.html|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160044/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/4/1/alcalde-de-tarija-firma-alianza-politica-con-su-padre-jaime-paz-213798.html|url-status=live}} However, shortly thereafter, Paz Zamora withdrew his candidacy due to internal disagreements with the PDC, leading Paz to shift his support to Carlos Mesa of Civic Community (CC).{{Cite news|author=Staff writer|date=2019-06-13|title=El exmandatario boliviano Paz Zamora renuncia a su candidatura presidencial|language=es|work=EFE|location=La Paz|publication-place=Mardrid|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/america/politica/el-exmandatario-boliviano-paz-zamora-renuncia-a-su-candidatura-presidencial/20000035-4000015|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160527/https://www.efe.com/efe/america/politica/el-exmandatario-boliviano-paz-zamora-renuncia-a-su-candidatura-presidencial/20000035-4000015|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2019-06-26|title=Rodrigo Paz: 'Primero la Gente' apoyará a Carlos Mesa|language=es|work=Somos Tarija|url=https://somostarija.com/2019/07/26/rodrigo-paz-primero-la-gente-apoyara-a-carlos-mesa/|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160053/https://somostarija.com/2019/07/26/rodrigo-paz-primero-la-gente-apoyara-a-carlos-mesa/|url-status=live}} On 3 February 2020, PG finalized an alliance with CC, presenting Paz as the coalition's candidate for first senator for Tarija.{{Cite news|date=2020-02-03|title=CC presentó sus candidatos, con apoyo de dos nuevas agrupaciones|language=es|work=Página Siete|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/2/3/cc-presento-sus-candidatos-con-apoyo-de-dos-nuevas-agrupaciones-245495.html|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093107/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/2/3/cc-presento-sus-candidatos-con-apoyo-de-dos-nuevas-agrupaciones-245495.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Trigo|first=Maria Silvia|date=2020-02-03|title=El alcalde de Tarija va como candidato a primer senador por Comunidad Ciudadana|language=es|work=El Deber|publication-place=Santa Cruz de la Sierra|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/el-alcalde-de-tarija-va-como-candidato-a-primer-senador-por-comunidad-ciudadana_165710|access-date=2022-01-11|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111160527/https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/el-alcalde-de-tarija-va-como-candidato-a-primer-senador-por-comunidad-ciudadana_165710|url-status=live}}
= Tenure =
During his tenure, Paz was a vocal proponent of census reform in light of the process scheduled for late 2022. In January of that year, Paz presented a bill to establish Departmental Institutes of Statistics (IDEs), aimed at generating departmental, municipal, and regional statistical information. If passed, the legislation would have decentralized the census process —overseen by the National Institute of Statistics (INE)— which Paz assured would make the 2022 census "a census of the people".{{Cite news |date=2022-01-12 |title=Paz: 'El censo 2022 debe ser un censo de la gente' |language=es |work=Página Siete |publication-place=La Paz |url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2022/1/12/paz-el-censo-2022-debe-ser-un-censo-de-la-gente-320510.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303181221/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2022/1/12/paz-el-censo-2022-debe-ser-un-censo-de-la-gente-320510.html |archive-date=2022-03-03}} Paz also criticized a lack of transparency regarding what preparations and activities were underway to carry out the census. On 7 February, the CC caucus delivered a petition to the Ministry of Development Planning requesting a report on planned activities. By early March, CC noted that it had not received a response so far. Failing the creation of IDEs due to a lack of time to establish such institutions, Paz also proposed the formation of inter-institutional monitoring committees made up of governorates, municipalities, universities, regional chambers, social organizations, and other relevant groups to guarantee transparency in the process. {{Cite news |date=2022-03-04 |title=Senador Rodrigo Paz observa contradicciones en el oficialismo que pondrían en riesgo la realización del Censo |language=es |work=El Deber |publication-place=Santa Cruz de la Sierra |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/senador-rodrigo-paz-observa-contradicciones-en-el-oficialismo-que-pondrian-en-riesgo-la-realizacion-_269631 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316220839/https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/senador-rodrigo-paz-observa-contradicciones-en-el-oficialismo-que-pondrian-en-riesgo-la-realizacion-_269631 |archive-date=2022-03-16}}
== Commission assignments ==
- Chamber of Senators Directive (Second Vice President of the Senate; 4 November 2020 – 4 November 2021){{Cite web|date=2020-11-04|title=Senado conforma su directiva camaral con Andrónico Rodríguez como presidente|url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/prensa/noticias/senado-conforma-su-directiva-camaral-con-andr%C3%B3nico-rodr%C3%ADguez-como-presidente|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=web.senado.gob.bo|publisher=Chamber of Senators|language=es|publication-place=La Paz|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110090406/https://web.senado.gob.bo/prensa/noticias/senado-conforma-su-directiva-camaral-con-andr%C3%B3nico-rodr%C3%ADguez-como-presidente}}
- Rural Indigenous Nations and Peoples, Cultures, and Interculturality Commission (President; 10 November 2021–present){{Cite news|last=Mamani Coarite|first=Melany Isabel|date=2021-11-10|title=Senado conforma las Comisiones y Comités 2021–2022|language=es|work=La Octava|url=https://laoctavabo.com/2021/11/10/senado-conforma-las-comisiones-y-comites-2021-2022/|access-date=2022-01-09|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110064413/https://laoctavabo.com/2021/11/10/senado-conforma-las-comisiones-y-comites-2021-2022/|url-status=live}}
Electoral history
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! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Year ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Alliance ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result |
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2002
| rowspan=2 | Deputy | style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)}};" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)}};" | | 11,564 | 44.81% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2005
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)}};" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Power}};" | | 10,656 | 41.82% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2010
| style="background-color:#92BA3D;" | | United to Renew | colspan=2 {{CNone|None}} | 43,402 | 48.38% | 1st{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} | {{yes2|Won}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2015
| Mayor | style="background-color:#92BA3D;" | | United to Renew | colspan=2 {{CNone|None}} | 70,231 | 59.82% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2020
| Senator | style="background-color:#FE7F32;" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Civic Community}};" | | 150,405 | 50.24% | 1st{{efn|name=fn1}} | {{yes2|Won}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=10 | Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ {{!}} [https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/ Electoral Atlas] |
References
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= Bibliography =
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- {{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|pages=445–446|language=es|author-link=Salvador Romero}}
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External links
- [https://web.senado.gob.bo/senadoras-es/rodrigo-paz-pereira Senate profile] Chamber of Senators {{in lang|es}}.
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