This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. (See below for details on the licensing of this image... Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada List of presidents of Bolivia In 1983, a poll was taken by a Bolivian newspaper to determine which seven historical presidents were regarded as most significant: Antonio José de Sucre, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Mariano Melgarejo, Aniceto Arce, Ismael Montes, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro. See... President of Bolivia
First term	August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru. 1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. 1862... August 6, 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993 to August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru. 1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. 1862... August 6, 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. Events January January 3 - NBCs Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... 1997
Preceded by	Jaime Paz Zamora (April 15, 1939), was President of Bolivia from August 6, 1989 to August 6, 1993. Founder in 1971 and all-time leader of the leftist, Social Democratic-oriented party Movement of Revolutionary Left (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, MIR), which was given membership in the Socialist International. Paz... Jaime Paz Zamora
Succeeded by	Hugo Banzer Suárez
Second term	August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru. 1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. 1862... August 6, 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom Events January Euro banknotes in circulation throughout the twelve countries of the European Union that... 2002 to October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. Events 1200-1899 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders were defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Nevilles Cross: King David II of Scotland... October 17, 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in... 2003
Preceded by	Jorge Quiroga Ramírez
Succeeded by	Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (August 12, Bolivia on Friday, October 17, 2003. As vice president under the previous president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Mesa assumed the post when extensive protests and strikes shut down Bolivia in a bitter dispute known as the Bolivian Gas War, forcing S... Carlos Mesa Gisbert
Date of birth	July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian... July 1, 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January-February January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 - Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 - General Damaso Berenquer becomes the new prime minister of Spain February 18 - While studying... 1930
Place of birth	Central La Paz La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. Is located aproximately at 3600 meters above sea level. Founded in 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza at the site of the Native American settlement called Chuquiago, the full name... La Paz
First Lady	Ximena Iturralde de Sánchez de Lozada
Party	Politics of Bolivia Categories: Politics stubs | Bolivian political parties ... Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR)

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez Bustamante (born July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian... July 1, 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January-February January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 - Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 - General Damaso Berenquer becomes the new prime minister of Spain February 18 - While studying... 1930), familiarly known as "Goni", is a former two-term president of The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. National motto: Firme y Feliz por la Unión Official languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara... Bolivia. He is credited for " In economics, shock therapy refers to the sudden release of price and currency controls, withdrawal of state subsidies, and immediate trade liberalization within a country. Prominent economist Jeffrey Sachs was the foremost proponent of shock therapy for several emerging economies. According to Professor Sachs, shock therapy traces its roots from... shock therapy" (with Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey D. Sachs (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American economist known for his work as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa. He proposed shock therapy as a solution to the economic crises of Bolivia, Poland... Jeffrey Sachs) — the extreme measures taken by Bolivia to cut down on rampant A 500,000,000,000 (500 billion) Serbian dinar banknote circa 1993, the largest nominal value ever officially printed in Serbia, the final result of hyperinflation. Photo courtesy of National Bank of Serbia (www.nbs.yu) In economics, hyperinflation is inflation which is out of control, a condition in which... hyperinflation caused by excessive government spending.

He studied literature and philosophy in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States, and is sometimes criticized in Bolivia as "El Gringo" — referring to his poor Spanish, highly American upbringing, and pro-US policies. He is a member of the Politics of Bolivia Categories: Politics stubs | Bolivian political parties ... Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, MNR). He obtained 22.46% of the vote in the June 30, 2002 elections.

Gas War & resignation

An uprising of syndical cocalero and radical indegenous groups —among them Evo Morales (born October 26, 1959) is a leader of the Bolivian cocalero movement, a loose federation of coca-growing campesinos who are resisting the efforts of the Bolivian government to eradicate coca in the department of Chapare. Morales is also leader of the Bolivian political party, Movement Toward Socialism... Evo Morales, (a The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. Socialism is a concept, an ideology and a collection of party-based political movements that have evolved and branched over time. Initially, it was based on the organized working class, with the purpose of building a classless... Socialist- Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... populist leader and the main opponent to Lozada) and Felipe Quispe, leader of the peasant union and former prisoner after being involved in terrorism and guerillas in the 80's —brought about a civil uprising known as the The Bolivian Gas War was a conflict in Bolivia centering around the exploitation of the countrys vast natural gas reserves. The conflict, which was intensified by long-simmering grievances over the governments economic coca eradication policies, and extreme corruption, as well as the abusive military policies came to... Bolivian Gas War to stop Lozada from exporting Bolivia's raw natural gas reserves to Chile. In order to bring an end to the uprising and bring back order to the chaotic cities of La Paz and El Alto, which appeared to have no end in sight and in which some fifty people had died, Lozada was forced to resign on October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. Events 1200-1899 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders were defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Nevilles Cross: King David II of Scotland... 17 October 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in... 2003. He left The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. National motto: Firme y Feliz por la Unión Official languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara... Bolivia in the same day for exile to The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States.

External links

• Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation (http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/lideres/s-016.htm) (in Spanish)
• PBS Commanding Heights interview (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/ufd_shocktherapy_full.html#gonzalodelozada)

See also

• List of presidents of Bolivia In 1983, a poll was taken by a Bolivian newspaper to determine which seven historical presidents were regarded as most significant: Antonio José de Sucre, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Mariano Melgarejo, Aniceto Arce, Ismael Montes, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro. See... List of presidents of Bolivia
• This is the history of Bolivia. See also the history of Latin America, the history of the Americas, and the history of present-day nations and states. Pre-Colombian times The Andean region probably has been inhabited for some 20,000 years. Beginning about the second century BC, the Tiwanakan... History of Bolivia
• Government The 1967 constitution, revised in 1994, provides for balanced executive, legislative, and judicial powers. The traditionally strong executive, however, tends to overshadow the Congress, whose role is generally limited to debating and approving legislation initiated by the executive. The judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court and departmental and lower... Politics of Bolivia