Víctor Hugo Cárdenas

Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
Official portrait, 1993
35th Vice President of Bolivia
In office 6 August 1993 – 6 August 1997
President	Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Preceded by	Luis Ossio
Succeeded by	Jorge Quiroga
Minister of Education, Sports, and Cultures
In office 20 October 2020 – 6 November 2020
President	Jeanine Áñez
Preceded by	Reynaldo Paredes (acting)
Succeeded by	Adrián Quelca
In office 4 June 2020 – 19 October 2020
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Education)
Succeeded by	Reynaldo Paredes (acting)
Minister of Education
In office 28 January 2020 – 4 June 2020
President	Jeanine Áñez
Preceded by	Virginia Patty
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Education, Sports, and Cultures
Personal details
Born	Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde (1951-06-04) 4 June 1951 (age 72) Achica Abajo, La Paz, Bolivia
Political party	Solidarity Civic Unity
Spouse	Lidia Katari
Parent(s)	Pedro Cárdenas Hipólita Conde

Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde (born 4 June 1951) is a Bolivian indigenous Aymara^[1] activist and politician. He is the leader of the MRTKL party (Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari). He was the 35th vice president of Bolivia from 1993 to 1997 during the first presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.^[2]

Cárdenas was born in 1951^[3] in the Aymara village of Achica Bajo on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the son of a rural school teacher. When he was still a child, his father changed his name from Choquehuanca to Cárdenas, in order to mask his indigenous origin and remove what at the time was an obstacle to his educational and professional advancement. His wife has never renounced the typical dress of the chola, an urbanized woman who retains her indigenous identity.

Cardenas holds a PhD in linguistics and is a university professor.

Cárdenas was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2009 Bolivian presidential election, losing to Evo Morales. He claimed that his ticket was seeking a national consensus rather than division. He was appointed Minister of Education in the government of President Jeanine Añez, overseeing school interruptions and the implementation of virtual education during the coronavirus pandemic. He was dismissed on 19 October after being censured by the Legislative Assembly.^[4]

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Vice presidents of Bolivia

José Ramón de Loayza (1828) José Miguel de Velasco (1829–1835) Mariano Enrique Calvo (1835–1839) Aniceto Arce (1880–1881)1° Belisario Salinas (1880–1884)2° Mariano Baptista (1884–1888)1° Jorge Oblitas (1884–1888)2° José Manuel del Carpio (1888–1892)1° Serapio Reyes Ortiz (1888–1892)2° Severo Fernández (1892–1896)1° Rafael Peña de Flores (1896–1899)1° Jenaro Sanjinés (1896–1899)2° Lucio Pérez Velasco (1899–1903)1° Aníbal Capriles Cabrera (1899–1904)2° Eliodoro Villazón (1904–1909)1° Valentín Abecia Ayllón (1904–1909)2° Macario Pinilla Vargas (1909–1913)1° Juan Misael Saracho (1909–1915)2°, 1° José Carrasco Torrico (1913–1917)2° Ismael Vázquez Virreira (1917–1920)1° José Santos Quinteros (1917–1920)2° Abdón Saavedra (1926–1930) José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1931–1934) Enrique Baldivieso (1938–1939) Julián Montellano (1945–1946) Mamerto Urriolagoitía (1947–1949) Hernán Siles Zuazo (1952–1956) Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz (1956–1957) Juan Lechín Oquendo (1960–1964) René Barrientos (1964) Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas (1966–1969) Jaime Paz Zamora (1982–1984) Julio Garrett Ayllón (1985–1989) Luis Ossio (1989–1993) Víctor Hugo Cárdenas (1993–1997) Jorge Quiroga (1997–2001) Carlos Mesa (2002–2003) Álvaro García Linera (2006–2019) David Choquehuanca (2020–present)

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