Cabinet of Jorge Quiroga

Jorge Quiroga assumed office as the 62nd President of Bolivia on 7 August 2001, and his term ended on 6 August 2002. Having previously served as vice president, Quiroga assumed the presidency after the resignation for health reasons by President Hugo Banzer and was tasked with fulfilling the final 364 days of Banzer's term.

Quiroga cabinet
Cabinet of the Republic of Bolivia
2001–2002
Date formed	7 August 2001 (2001-08-07)
Date dissolved	6 August 2002 (2002-08-06)
People and organisations
President	Jorge Quiroga
Vice President	Vacant
No. of ministers	15 (on 6 August 2002)
Total no. of members	20 (including former members)
Member parties	Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) Solidarity Civic Unity (UCS)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition government
History
Legislature term	1997–2002
Predecessor	Cabinet of Hugo Banzer
Successor	Cabinet of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada

The majority of the fourth Banzer ministerial cabinet, save for two ministers, resigned along with Banzer on 7 August 2001 allowing Jorge Quiroga to form his first ministerial cabinet the following day on 8 August.^[1] Quiroga would form his second cabinet on 5 March 2002.^[2] Quiroga's first and second ministerial cabinets comprised the 202nd and 203rd national cabinets of Bolivia.

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet of Bolivia Presidency of Jorge Quiroga, 2001–2002
Office	Minister	Party		Prof.	Term	Days	N.C[a]	P.C[b]
President	Jorge Quiroga		ADN	Eng.	7 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	364	–	–
Vice President	Office vacant throughout presidency
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Chancellor)	Gustavo Fernández Saavedra[3]		MIR	Law.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of the Presidency	José Luis Lupo Flores[4]		Ind.	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 5 March 2002	209	202	1
	Alberto Leytón Avilés		–	Eng.	5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002	154	203	2
Minister of Government	Leopoldo Fernández		ADN	–	8 August 2001 – 5 March 2002	209	202	1
	José Luis Lupo Flores		Ind.	Eco.	5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002	154	203	2
Minister of National Defense	Oscar Guilarte		ADN	Mil.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Finance	Jacques Trigo Loubiere		Ind.	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Economic Development	Carlos Kempff Bruno		Ind.	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Housing and Basic Services	Javier Nogales		UCS	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Planning, and Environment	Ramiro Cavero		Ind.	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Justice and Human Rights	Mario Serrate Ruíz		ADN	Law.	8 August 2001 – 5 March 2002	209	202	1
	Carlos Alberto Goitia Caballero		–	Law.	5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002	154	203	2
Minister of Work and Micro-Enterprise	Jorge Pacheco Franco		UCS	–	20 October 2000 – 13 December 2001	419	201[c]	4[d]
	Juan Chahín Lupo[5]		–	Law.	14 December 2001 – 6 August 2002	235	202	1
Minister of Health and Social Security	Enrique Paz Argandoña		MIR	Dr.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports	Amalia Anaya Jaldin[6]		ADN	Soc.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Rural Development	Walter Nuñez-Rodriguez[7]		Ind.	Eco.	8 August 2001 – 6 August 2002	363	202	1
Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Government Information	Mauro Bertero Gutiérrez		ADN	–	8 August 2001 – 5 March 2002	209	202	1
	Hernán Terrazas		–	–	5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002	154	203	2
Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples	Wigberto Ribero Pinto		MIR	–	30 October 2000 – 5 March 2002	491	201[c]	4[d]
	Tomasa Yarhui		MBL	Law.	5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002	154	203	2

Composition

The composition of Quiroga's first cabinet was described as "mixed" by ANF.^[8] Of the 15 ministers, six were "pseudo-independents". Minister of the Presidency José Luis Lupo Flores was an independent with links to the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) while Finance Minister Jacques Trigo Loubiere had been Superintendent of Banks for the Revolutionary Nationalist (MNR) government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Ministers Carlos Kempff Bruno, Walter Nuñez-Rodriguez, and Ramiro Cavero were new political figures though with noted inclinations towards Quiroga's Nationalsit Democratic Action (ADN) party.

The remaining ministers were predominantly members of either the ADN or MIR which had been political allies since the mid-1980s. Minister of Health Enrique Paz Argandoña was notably the nephew of former MIR President Jaime Paz Zamora.^[8] Leopoldo Fernández had been President of the Chamber of Senators prior to his appointment as Minister of Government. The Quiroga cabinet was also significant in that many political "dinosaurs" were relieved of their positions in favor of younger ministers. Among ADN officials, it was commented that the "withdrawal of the dinos is total" as the only remaining so-called dino was Minister of Justice Mario Serrate who at any time could be (and indeed in 2002 was) removed by Quiroga.

The appointment of Tomasa Yarhui as Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples as part of the second Quiroga cabinet was of particular note due to the fact that Yarhui was the first indigenous government minister in Bolivian history.^[9] Yarhui would by Quiroga's running mate in his second attempt to win a full term during the 2014 general elections.

Notes

1. Denoting which national cabinet the minister was originally a part of.
2. Denoting which presidential cabinet the minister was originally a part of.
3. Originally a member of the 201st national cabinet of Bolivia.
4. Originally a member of the fourth Banzer ministerial cabinet.