Government of Luis García Meza Tejada, 1980–81

The High Command of the Military of Bolivia entrusted General Luis García Meza Tejada with the Presidency on 18 July 1980, and he formed his cabinet.

Ministry / Date	18.07.1980[1]	21.10.1980[2]	25.02.1981[3]	30.06.1981[4]	01.07.1981[5]
Foreign and Religious Affaire	Javier Cerruto Calderón, mil		Mario Rolón Anaya, ADN
Interior, Migration and Justice	Luis Arce Gómez, mil		Celso Torrelio Villa, mil	Jorge Salazar Crespo, mil
National Defense	Armando Reyes Villa, mil
Finance	José Sánchez Calderón, mil		Jorge Tamayo Ramos, ADN
Planning and Co-ordination	Oscar Larraín Frontanilla, mil
Education and Culture	Ariel Coca Ramírez, mil		Guillermo Escobar Uhry, mil
Labor and Union Affairs	Augusto Calderon Miranda, mil		Rolando Canido Berascochea, mil
Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Mario Guzman Moreno, mil
Transport and Communications	Rene Guzmán Fortun, mil
Mining and Metallurgy	Carlos Morales Nuñez del Prado, mil
Energy and Hydrocarbons	Lider Sossa Salazar, mil
Agriculture and Peasant Affairs	Julio Molina Suarez, mil
Health and Social Security	Avelino Rivero Parada, mil		Jose Villarroel Suárez, ind
Housing and Urbanism	Arturo Veizaga Barron, mil		José Sánchez Calderón, mil
Aviation	no	Wáldo Bernal Pereira, mil
Economic Integration	Francisco Mariaca Salas, mil		Alberto Saenz Klinsky, ADN
Press, Information and Sports	Fernando Palacios Urquizo, mil
Secretary to the Cabinet	Mario Escobari Guerra, mil		Jorge Salazar Crespo, mil		Marcelo Galindo de Ugarte, ind

mil – military

ind – independent

ADN – Nationalist Democratic Action

Notes

1. Decreto Presidencial N° 17529, 18.07.1980. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo
2. Decreto Presidencial N° 17731, 21.10.1980. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo
3. Decreto Presidencial N° 18026, 25.02.1981. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo
4. Decreto Presidencial N° 18441, 30.06.1981. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo
5. Decreto Presidencial N° 18443, 01.07.1981. http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo