Luis Arce

Bolivian politician and president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025 · Bolivia · On the map · Politicians · Born 1963 · age 63

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian former politician, banker, and economist who served as the 67th president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025.

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2023“We do not agree with talking about climate change because it is something that seems to necessarily happen.”In their wordsLuis Arce (2023) cited in: "Presidente Luis Arce: La humanidad está en riesgo por la crisis climática ocasionada por el capitalismo," 21Read the whole statement

2022“Today we find ourselves facing a wide-ranging, systemic capitalist crisis that increasingly endangers the life of humanity and the planet.”In their wordsLuis Arce (2022) cited in: "At UN, Bolivia presents revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform world." in Multipolarista, 28Read the whole statement

2021“We restore bilateral relations (with Venezuela) to strengthen strategic ties for the good of our peoples.”In their words29 December 2021Merco PressRead the whole statement

2020Named President of BoliviaOffice8 November 2020 to 8 November 20252019Named Minister of Economy and Public FinanceOffice23 January to 10 November 20192006Named Minister of Economy and Public FinanceOffice23 January 2006 to 24 June 20171963Born28 September 1963

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Arce delivers the keynote address at the opening of the 10th UNCTAD Debt Management Conference, 23 November 2015.

Arce alongside foreign dignitaries to his inauguration, 8 November 2020.

Arce and other national leaders during a civic-military parade, 8 November 2020.

Official portrait, 8 November 2020.

Arce holds a coca leaf, 29 June 2022.

Arce inspects a cancer research facility in El Alto, 6 March 2022.

Arce poses alongside members of the thirty-six recognized indigenous peoples.

About this person

A member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), he previously served as minister of finance - later minister of economy and public finance - from 2006 to 2017, and in 2019.

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Bolivia