1940–1942 Bolivian National Congress

1940–1942 Term of the National Congress

Congreso Nacional
1940–1942 Term of the National Congress ; Congreso Nacional
Typ
Typ	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Senators,; Chamber of Deputies
History
Preceded by	1938 National Convention
Succeeded by	1942–44 Congress
Leadership
President of the Senate	Alberto Saavedra Nogales, PRS ; since 12 April 1940
	Arturo Galindo, PL ; since October 1940
	Waldo Belmonte Pool, PRS ; since November 1941
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Rafael de Ugarte, PRG ; since 12 April 1940
	Jorge Aráoz Campero, PSI ; since August 1941
Structure
Seats	136; 27 Senators; 109 Deputies
Chamber of Senators political groups	CONC (23) PRS (11); PL (9); PRG (3); PSU (4)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	CONC (50) PL (21); PRG (17); PRS (12); PR (1); PSU (18); PSI (15); FPP (4); FSB Ind. (1); PSOB (1); Left-wing Ind. (10); Right-wing Ind. (9)
Elections
Chamber of Senators voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Additional Member System
Last Chamber of Senators election	10 March 1940
Last Chamber of Deputies election	10 March 1940
Next Chamber of Senators election	March 1942
Next Chamber of Deputies election	March 1942
Meeting place
	Palace of Congress

The 1940–42 Bolivian National Congress was a meeting the Bolivian legislature composed of the Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies. It met in La Paz from 12 April 1940 to 1942 during the final four days of the interim government of Carlos Quintanilla and the first two years of the Enrique Peñaranda's presidency.^[1]

The Congress was elected as part of the general election held on 10 March 1940.

Leadership

Chamber of Senators

President: Alberto Saavedra Nogales (PRS), until October 1949^[1]
- Arturo Galindo (PL), until November 1941^[2]
- Walter Belmonte Pool (PRS), from November 1941^[3]

Chamber of Deputies

President: Rafael de Ugarte (PRG), until August 1941^[1]
- Jorge Aráoz Campero (PSI), from August 1941^[4]

Composition

Chamber of Senators

1940–1942 members of the Chamber of Senators:^[5]

Senator	Department	Party
Adolfo Vilar Mendivil	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Mamerto Urriolagoitía	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Pedro Zilveti Arce	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Abdón Saavedra	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Alcides Arguedas	La Paz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Waldo Belmonte Pool	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Arturo Galindo	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Félix Capriles	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Manuel Carrasco J.	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Carlos Beltrán Morales	Oruro	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Edmundo Vásquez	Oruro	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Julio Quintanilla	Oruro	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Alberto Saavedra Nogales	Potosí	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Juan Manuel Balcázar	Potosí	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Luis Calvo	Potosí	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Bernardo Navajas Trigo	Tarija	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Julio Pantoja Estenssoro	Tarija	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Manuel Mogro Moreno	Tarija	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Alfredo Jordán	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
José Gil Soruco	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Rubén Terrazas	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Eduardo Roca	Beni	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Julio Céspedes Añez	Beni	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Napoleón Solares Arias	Beni	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Fabián Vaca Chávez	Pando	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Oscar Mariaca Pando	Pando	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Rómulo Arano Peredo	Pando	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS

Chamber of Deputies

1940–1942 members of the Chamber of Deputies:^[6]

Deputy	Department	Party
Alberto Salinas López	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Daniel Gamarra	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Desiderio M. Rivera	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Fernando Ortíz Pacheco	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Fructuoso Ramos	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Gustavo Adolfo Navarro	Chuquisaca		PSOB
José Félix Mercado	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Julio Harriague	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Miguel Muñoz	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Rafael Alarcón Pacheco	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Rogelio Arce	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Zenobio Sánchez	Chuquisaca	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Alfredo Guillen Pinto	La Paz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Carlos Gonzalo de Saavedra	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Claudio Zuazo	La Paz		PR
Daniel Ortíz M.	La Paz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Félix Eguino Zaballa	La Paz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Fernando Iturralde Chinel	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Gabriel Levy	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Germán Monroy Block	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Isaac Salazar y P.	La Paz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
José María Salinas	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Julio Agudo	La Paz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Max Mendoza López	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Nazario Pardo Valle	La Paz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Nicolás Rodas Peñaloza	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Rafael Otazo V.	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Remy Rodas Eguino	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Teodomiro Urquiola	La Paz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Tomas Chávez Lobatón	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Víctor Andrade	La Paz	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Abraham Bascopé	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Carlos Puente	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Bolivian Socialist Falange/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Carlos Salamanca F.	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Carlos Walter Urquidi	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Daniel Iriarte	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Guillermo Viscarra	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Joaquín Espada	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Jorge Mercado Rosales	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Juan José Carrasco	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Julio Espinoza	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Luís Ponce Lozada	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Néstor V. Galindo	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Rafael de Ugarte	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Rodolfo Soriano	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Rolando Rivero Torres	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Víctor Cabrera Lozada	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Walker Humérez	Cochabamba	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Abel Leyes	Oruro	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Angel Mendizábal	Oruro	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Demetrio Canelas	Oruro	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Fernando Loayza Beltrán	Oruro	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Guillermo Liendo	Oruro	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Jacinto Rodríguez	Oruro	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Julio Romano	Oruro	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Roberto Gómez Olivares	Oruro	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Abelardo Villalpando	Potosí		FPP
Agustín Zuleta	Potosí	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Alfredo Arratia	Potosí		FPP
Arturo Pinto Escalier	Potosí	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Eduardo del Portillo	Potosí	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Fernando Siñani	Potosí		FPP
Humberto Duchén	Potosí	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Julio Tumiri Javier	Potosí	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Justo Gardeazábal	Potosí	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Miguel Mercado Moreira	Potosí	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Rafael Tufiño	Potosí	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Raúl Jordán Velasco	Potosí	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Raúl Ruíz González	Potosí		FPP
Ricardo Tapia Bravo	Potosí	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Roberto González Aramayo	Potosí	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Alberto Rodo R.	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Alberto Sánchez Rossel	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Augusto León	Tarija	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Francisco Lazcano Soruco	Tarija	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Genaro Vásquez	Tarija	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Héctor Pinto Echazú	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Jorge Aráoz Campero	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
José María Paz	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Víctor Paz Estenssoro	Tarija	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Adrián Barrientes Franco	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Celso Castedo	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Ernesto Monasterios	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Facundo Flores Jiménez	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Felipe Baldomar	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Guillermo Rivero	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Héctor Suárez Santisteban	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PRS
Horacio Sosa	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
José Parada Suárez	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Julio Landívar Moreno	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Luís Saavedra Suárez	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Pedro Montano	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Virgilio Serrate	Santa Cruz	style="background:Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color" \|	PRG
Alfredo Morant	Beni	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Antonio Munguía	Beni	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Antonio Velasco Avila	Beni	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Jesús Lijerón Rodríguez	Beni	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
José Chávez Suárez	Beni	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Juan Manuel Suárez	Beni	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Napoleón Añez	Beni	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Pablo Saucedo Barbery	Beni	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Sócrates Parada Suárez	Beni	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Adolfo Aponte	Pando	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Eugenio von Boeck	Pando	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.
Germán Chávez	Pando	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Juan Granier Chirveches	Pando	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PL
Roberto Jordán Cuéllar	Pando	style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSU
Roberto Prudencio Romecín	Pando	style="background:Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color" \|	PSI
Tomás Paz Caballero	Pando	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Ind.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bolivia: Ley de 12 de abril de 1940". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Bolivia: Ley de 15 de octubre de 1940". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Historia - Vicepresidencia del Estado". web.archive.org. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ http://urrhh.minedu.gob.bo/biblio/electronic-book/1026
^ Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 151.
^ Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 152–155.

[:0-1] "Bolivia: Ley de 12 de abril de 1940". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[2] "Bolivia: Ley de 15 de octubre de 1940". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[3] "Historia - Vicepresidencia del Estado". web.archive.org. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[legislacion_tomoI2-4] ttp://urrhh.minedu.gob.bo/biblio/electronic-book/1026

[5] Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 151.

[6] Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 152–155.

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