Félix Patzi

Félix Patzi Paco (born 21 February 1967) is a Bolivian academic and politician. He was the governor of the La Paz Department from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Aymara ethnic group, he has been active in supporting indigenous movements in Bolivia.

Félix Patzi
Governor of La Paz
In office 31 May 2015 – 3 May 2021
Preceded by	César Cocarico Yana
Succeeded by	Santos Quispe
Minister of Education
In office 22 January 2006 – 23 January 2007
President	Evo Morales
Preceded by	María Mejía Barragán
Succeeded by	Víctor Cáceres Rodríguez
Personal details
Born	Félix Patzi Paco (1967-02-21) 21 February 1967 (age 58) Colquencha, Bolivia
Political party	Third System Movement
Other political affiliations	Movement for Socialism (2006–2015) Sovereignty and Freedom (2015–2018)
Spouse	Maciel Terraces

Political career

Born in Santiago de Llallagua, Aroma, La Paz, Patzi served as Bolivia's Minister of Education in the government of Evo Morales from 2006 to 2007.^[1] In 2010, he was briefly a candidate for governor of La Paz Department on behalf of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (MAS-IPSP), but was removed following a drunk driving incident.^[2] In March 2010, he founded a new political party, Integration for Change (Spanish: Integración Para el Cambio, IPC), which was later organized as the Third System Movement.^[3]

In the 2015, he ran again for governor of La Paz, this time on behalf of the Sovereignty and Freedom party (Spanish: Soberanía y Libertad; SOL.bo) founded by La Paz's mayor, Luis Revilla.^[4] He won the March 29 elections with 52% of the vote, far ahead of rival candidate Felipa Huanca of the MAS-IPSP,^[5] becoming SOL.bo's highest elected official.