1993–1997 Bolivian National Congress

The 1993–1997 Bolivian National Congress was a meeting of the Bolivian legislature composed of the Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies. It met in La Paz from August 1993 to August 1997 during the presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.

1993–1997 Term of the National Congress Congreso Nacional
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Senators, Chamber of Deputies
History
Preceded by	1989–93 Congress
Succeeded by	1997–2002 Congress
Leadership
President of the National Congress (ex oficio as Vice President)	Víctor Hugo Cárdenas, MRTKL since 6 August 1993
President of the Senate	Juan Carlos Durán, MNR since August 1993
	Raúl Lema Patiño, MNR since August 1996
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez, MNR since August 1993
	Javier Campero Paz, MNR since August 1994
	Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez, MNR since August 1995
	Jorge Felix Prestel Kern, MNR since August 1996
Structure
Seats	157 27 Senators 130 Deputies
Chamber of Senators political groups	MNR-MRTKL (17)   MNR (16)   PCB (ML) (1)   AP (8)   ADN (5)   MIR (3)   CONDEPA (1)   UCS (1)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	MNR-MRTKL (52)   MNR (49)   MRTKL (1)   MNRI-Siglo XX (1)   PDB (1)   AP (35)   ADN (18)   MIR (14)   PCB (ML) (2)   PDC (1)   UCS (20)   CONDEPA (13)   MBL (7)   ARBOL (1)   Eje (1)   ASD (1)
Elections
Chamber of Senators voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Additional Member System
Last Chamber of Senators election	6 June 1993
Last Chamber of Deputies election	6 June 1993
Next Chamber of Senators election	1 June 1997
Next Chamber of Deputies election	1 June 1997
Meeting place
Palace of Congress

The Congress was elected as part of the general elections on 6 June 1993.

Congressional presidential ballot

As no candidate reached the required popular vote majority, the newly elected Congress elected the president on 6 August.

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) was the only candidate voted on and was elected with the support of Solidarity Civic Unity (UCS) and the Free Bolivia Movement (MBL). All other parties abstained.^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	97	100.00
Total			97	100.00
Total votes			97	–
Registered voters/turnout			157	61.78
Source: Morales[1]

Leadership

National Congress

• President: Víctor Hugo Cárdenas (MRTKL), from 6 August 1993

^[2]

Chamber of Senators

• President: Juan Carlos Durán (MNR), until August 1996
  • Raúl Lema Patiño (MNR), from August 1996

^[3]

Chamber of Deputies

• President: Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez (MNR), until August 1994
  • Javier Campero Paz (MNR), until August 1995
  • Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez (MNR), until August 1996
  • Jorge Felix Prestel Kern (MNR), from August 1996

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Composition

Chamber of Senators

1993–1997 members of the Chamber of Senators:^[4]

Senator	Department	Party
Domingo Enrique Ipiña Melgar	Chuquisaca		MNR
Gastón Encinas Valverde	Chuquisaca		MIR
Julio Garrett Ayllón	Chuquisaca		MNR
Andrés Soliz Rada	La Paz		CONDEPA
Guido Rafael Capra Jemio	La Paz		MNR
Javier Tórrez Goitia	La Paz		MNR
Enrique Sánchez de Lozada	Cochabamba		MNR
Benedicto Juvenal Castro	Cochabamba		MNR
Joaquín Aguirre Lavayén	Cochabamba		ADN
Freddy Tejerina Rivera	Oruro		MNR
Jorge Rosso Mendieta	Oruro		UCS
Reynaldo Peters Arzabe	Oruro		MNR
Gonzalo Valda Cárdenas	Potosí		MIR
Valentín Abecia	Potosí		MNR
Wálter Zuleta Roncal	Potosí		MNR
Leopoldo López Cossío	Tarija		MIR
Luis Lema Molina	Tarija		MNR
Raúl Lema Patiño	Tarija		MNR
Jorge Landívar Roca	Santa Cruz		ADN
Juan Carlos Durán	Santa Cruz		MNR
Osvaldo Monasterio Áñez	Santa Cruz		MNR
Guillermo Richter Ascimani	Beni		PCB (ML)[a]
Miguel Majluf Morales	Beni		MNR
Wálter Guiteras Denis	Beni		ADN
Elda Escalante Arzadum	Pando		ADN
Juan Carlos Riss Cecin	Pando		MNR
Leopoldo Fernández	Pando		ADN

Chamber of Deputies

1993–1997 members of the Chamber of Deputies:^[4]

Deputy	Department	Party
Alvaro Vera Corvera	Chuquisaca		ADN
Gastón Moreira Ostria	Chuquisaca		ADN
Jacinto Aramayo Barja	Chuquisaca		MNR
Jaime Ponce Caballero	Chuquisaca		UCS
José Rubén Mogro Zeballos	Chuquisaca		MNR
Enrique Toro Tejada	Chuquisaca		ADN
Luis Morgan López Baspineiro	Chuquisaca		MIR
Maria del Rosario Barriga de Yáñez	Chuquisaca		UCS
Miguel Antoraz Chalup	Chuquisaca		MNR
Miguel Urioste Fernández de Córdova	Chuquisaca		MBL
Omar Montalvo Gallardo	Chuquisaca		MNR
Pastor Velászquez Chaure	Chuquisaca		MBL
Víctor Enrique Urquidi Hodgkinson	Chuquisaca		MNR
Alfredo Romero	La Paz		MNR
Benjamín Miguel Harb	La Paz		PDC
Daniel Santalla	La Paz		CONDEPA
Douglas Ascarrunz Eduardo	La Paz		MNR
Edith Gutiérrez de Mantilla	La Paz		CONDEPA
Eduardo Paz Rada	La Paz		CONDEPA
Emesto Machicao Argiró	La Paz		MNR
Fernando Kieffer Guzmán	La Paz		ADN
Germán Quiroga Gómez	La Paz		MNR
Gonzalo Ruiz Paz	La Paz		CONDEPA
Guido Riveros Franck	La Paz		MIR
Guillermo Bedregal Gutiérrez	La Paz		MNR
Jorge Albarracin	La Paz		CONDEPA
Mauricio González Sfeir	La Paz		MNR
Jorge Medina Pinedo	La Paz		CONDEPA
Juan Antonio Malky Zalaquett	La Paz		UCS
Juan del Granado	La Paz		MBL
Luis Vasquez Villamor	La Paz		MIR
Maria Teresa Paz Prudencio	La Paz		MNR
Michael Meier Finkelstein	La Paz		UCS
Nicomedes Sejas Terrazas	La Paz		MRTKL
Paulino Quispe Tozola	La Paz		MNR
Ramiro Barrenechea Zambrana	La Paz		Eje
Raúl Froilan Tovar Piérola	La Paz		UCS
Remedios Loza	La Paz		CONDEPA
Ricardo Paz Ballivián	La Paz		CONDEPA
Roberto Vega Hermosa	La Paz		CONDEPA
Víctor Choque Loza	La Paz		MNR
Alberto Werner Gasser Vargas	Cochabamba		MNR
Alfonso Ferrufino	Cochabamba		MBL
Armando de la Parra Soria	Cochabamba		PCB (ML)
César Fernando Vargas Mercado	Cochabamba		UCS
Daniel Julio Uriona Suárez	Cochabamba		UCS
Eudoro Galindo	Cochabamba		PDB
Guido Diógenes Camacho Rodríguez	Cochabamba		ADN
Hector Cartagena Chacón	Cochabamba		UCS
José Ramiro Arispe Arispe	Cochabamba		MNR
Laureano Rojas Alcocer	Cochabamba		MNR
Luis Enrique Soria Jáuregui	Cochabamba		MNR
Luis Gonzales Quintanilla	Cochabamba		MIR
Luis Orlando Jordán Balderrama	Cochabamba		MNR
Maria Lourdes Zabala Canedo de Rodríguez	Cochabamba		MNR
Mario Galindo Decker	Cochabamba		UCS
Oliverio Iriarte Lafuente	Cochabamba		MNR
Tito Hoz de Vila	Cochabamba		ADN
Víctor Edgar Cabrera Quezada	Cochabamba		CONDEPA
Carlos Marcelo Fernández Irahola	Oruro		ARBOL
Carlos Raúl Bohrt Irahola	Oruro		MIR
Guillermo Sola Eugenio	Oruro		MNR
Juan Javier Gerardo Tamayo Richard	Oruro		ADN
Juan Martínez Chávez	Oruro		MNR
Lizandro García Arce	Oruro		CONDEPA
Maximo Teran García	Oruro		UCS
Mirtha Patricia Quevedo Acalinovic	Oruro		MNR
Norman Antonio Sahonero Araujo	Oruro		UCS
Walter Sauciri Nunez	Oruro		MNR
Abad Nina Molló	Potosí		MNR
Aida Luz Moreno De Claros	Potosí		MNR
Alejandro Lucio Felipez Bustamante	Potosí		UCS
Angel Rosendo Moscoso Meléndez	Potosí		CONDEPA
Arturo Centellas Miranda	Potosí		MNR
Claudio Miranda Muñoz	Potosí		MNR
Daniel Arturo Oropeza Echevarría	Potosí		ADN
Francisco Checo Condori	Potosí		MBL
Hugo Adolfo Baptista Orgaz	Potosí		UCS
Jebner Zambrana Roman	Potosí		MNR
Juan Manuel Decormis Benavides	Potosí		MNR
Luis Antonio Fernández Fajalde	Potosí		MBL
Luis Sanabria Taboada	Potosí		UCS
Nestor Zamora Muñoz	Potosí		ADN
Ruggero Seborga Prieto	Potosí		UCS
Sergio Medinacelli Soza	Potosí		MIR
Walter Villagra Romay	Potosí		PCB (ML)
Wilson Antonio Lora Espada	Potosí		ADN
Yerko Andrés Kukoc del Carpio	Potosí		MNR
Claudio Salinas Martínez	Tarija		MNR
Enrique Zelaya Ayllon	Tarija		MNR
Hugo Carvajal Donoso	Tarija		MIR
Imel Copa Velasquez	Tarija		MNR
Javier Campero Paz	Tarija		MNR
Jorge Gonzalo Barrientos de Ugarte	Tarija		UCS
Mario Arce Tórrez	Tarija		ADN
Martha Linares de Olivera	Tarija		MNR
Rafael Canedo Trigo	Tarija		ADN
Adela del Rosario Prado de Barbonari	Santa Cruz		MNR
Edil Sandoval Morón	Santa Cruz		MNRI-Siglo XX
Erwin Saucedo Fuentes	Santa Cruz		MBL
Fernando Bowles Rizzo	Santa Cruz		UCS
Guido Nayar	Santa Cruz		ADN
Guillermo Capobianco Rivera	Santa Cruz		MIR
Hormando Vaca Díez	Santa Cruz		MIR
Ismael Morón Sánchez	Santa Cruz		MNR
Jerjes Justiniano Talavera	Santa Cruz		ASD
Jorge Felix Prestel Kern	Santa Cruz		MNR
Justo Yepez Kakuda	Santa Cruz		CONDEPA
Luis Osman Landívar Bowles	Santa Cruz		UCS
Mario Rueda Peña	Santa Cruz		MIR
Neisa Roca Hurtado	Santa Cruz		ADN
Pedro Luis García Capriles	Santa Cruz		MNR
Ronald Nieme Méndez	Santa Cruz		MNR
Silvio Aramayo Cruz	Santa Cruz		MNR
Antonio Majluf Morales	Beni		MNR
Carlos Suárez Mendoza	Beni		MNR
Elena Velasco de Urresti	Beni		ADN
Elias Asbún Tobías	Beni		MNR
Hugo Yabert Lozano	Beni		MIR
Jorge Kohler Salas	Beni		MIR
Luis Enrique Monasterio Chávez	Beni		UCS
Luis Zambrano Ibáñez	Beni		MNR
Simón Guido Roca Villavicencio	Beni		ADN
Adolfo Áñez Ferreira	Pando		ADN
David Bautista Sánchez	Pando		ADN
Emigdio Flores Calpiñeiro	Pando		MIR
Felipe Bigabriel Villarreal	Pando		MNR
José Luis Padilla Mejido	Pando		MIR
Napoleón Landívar Ruiz	Pando		UCS
Ruth Becerra Villalobos de Leverenz	Pando		MNR

Notes

1. Broke with the alliance between the PCB (ML) and the Patriotic Accord.