1982 in Bolivia

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Decades:

Incumbents

President:
- Celso Torrelio (until 19 July 1982)
- Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces of the Nation (19 July 1982 – 21 July 1982)
  - Ángel Mariscal
  - Natalio Morales
  - Óscar Pammo Rodríguez
- Guido Vildoso (21 July 1982 – 10 October 1982)
- Hernán Siles Zuazo (starting 10 October 1982)
Vice President:
- Vacant (until 10 October 1982)
- Jaime Paz Zamora (starting 10 October 1982)

19 July – President Celso Torrelio resigns from office; the presidency is entrusted to a Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces while a new executive is selected.^[1]
21 July – Brigadier General Guido Vildoso is appointed president by the military junta.^[2]
10 October – Hernán Siles Zuazo and Jaime Paz Zamora are sworn in as the constitutional president and vice president of the republic, completing Bolivia's transition back to democracy.^[3]

^ "Nueva crisis militar en Bolivia tras la renuncia del presidente, general Celso Torrelio Villa". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 19 July 1987. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Written at La Paz. "Un general del ala 'dura' asume la presidencia de Bolivia, en una nueva crisis militar". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 20 July 1982. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Abecia López, Valentín (10 October 2021). "Don Hernán". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Nadia Cruz es la nueva Defensora del Pueblo, reemplaza a Tezanos". Urgente.bo (in Spanish). La Paz. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ Mesa Gisbert 2003, p. 676

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