Carlos Mesa

Vice President of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 and President of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005 · Bolivia · On the map · Politicians · Born 1953 · age 73

Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005.

Carlos Mesa is read about 104 times a day, in 40 languages.

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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 115 days, one point a day.

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2019“We are at the beginning, on the threshold of a new time and that new time has to have a new leadership.”In their words6 October 2019Presidential campaign announcementRead the whole statement

2010“Politics is not the art of ethics.”In their wordsPage 105Read the whole statement

“Sánchez de Lozada sought to impose constitutional order and consolidate democracy with force. The result was a country on the brink of war [...].”In their wordsPage 106Read the whole statement

2005“It is very comfortable to coup the government, it is the most comfortable thing in the world, it is a very profitable business, it is practiced every day [...].”In their words6 March 2005Resignation speechRead the whole statement

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec EagleAward2004“I am not a friend of demagogic positions and easy answers.”In their words6 February 2004. Page 49Read the whole statement

Collar of the Order of San CarlosAwardGrand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of PeruAwardNational Order of MeritAward2003Named President of BoliviaOffice17 October 2003 to 9 June 2005“Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.”In their words17 October 2003Inaugural address to the H. National CongressRead the whole statement

Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' CondorAward2002Named Vice President of BoliviaOffice6 August 2002 to 17 October 2003Knight Grand Cross of the Order of MeritAward1998Officer of the Order of Rio BrancoAward1987Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1953Born12 August 1953

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Mesa with his family in 1965.

Mesa, aged 18, as a student at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Mesa discusses his book Soliloquio del Conquistador at the Miami Book Fair, 2014.

Mesa served as vice president under Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada but broke with him after the government repressions of October 2003.

Official vice-presidential portrait, 2002.

Mesa attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II, 8 April 2005.

Mesa's complex relationship with Evo Morales has been one of both cooperation and open hostility.[104]

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Carlos Mesa

3 statements, newest first

[The vice presidency is] "the most stupid position of all" [...]. An office with a single objective, that of succession, with few clear powers.
2010 · Page 33, Own words
Writing is for me like breathing.
2010 · Page 117, Own words
A few days ago, my country lived through serious episodes of violence, which have forced us to reflect.
24 September 2003 · Address to the 58th United Nations General Assembly, Own words

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Awards

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle2005

Collar of the Order of San Carlos2004

Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru2004

National Order of Merit2004

Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' Condor2003

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit2002

Officer of the Order of Rio Branco1998

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1987

About this person

As an independent politician, he had previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the International Court of Justice from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since 2018.

Country

Bolivia