Bolivia: Polity Style: 1825-2024 |
| 16 May 1825 |
departamentos of Upper Peru (Alto Perú) are organised as a territory occupied by the army of Peru and governed by military authority in accordance with a decree of 16 May 1825 [Colección de leyes, decretos y órdenes publicadas en el Perú, 1:191-192] |
| 16 May 1825 - 25 May 1826 |
Provincias del Alto Perú [1][2] |
| 6 Aug 1825 |
act of independence of the provinces of Alto Perú is passed by Asamblea General at Chuquisaca (now Sucre, Bolivia) [Colección oficial de leyes (1826), 14-18] |
| 18 May 1826 |
independence of República Boliviana is recognised by a decree issued by the Consejo de Gobierno of Peru on 18 May 1826 and proclaimed at Chuquisaca 14 Jun 1826 [Colección de leyes, decretos y órdenes publicadas en el Perú, 4:180-181; Colección oficial de leyes (1826), 186-188] |
| 25 May 1826 |
pending the reception of orders from Peru recognising national independence, military authority transfers its functions to a Constituent Assembly of República Boliviana (Congreso General Constituyente) convened at Chuquisaca [Documentos referentes a la creación de Bolivia, 2/1:153-159] |
| 25 May 1826 - 1 Oct 1868 |
República Boliviana and/or Bolivia [3][4] |
| 1 Oct 1868 |
first instance of República de Bolivia used in the preamble to the Constitution promulgated 1 Oct 1868 [Las Constituciones Políticas, 129-139] |
| 1 Oct 1868 - 7 Feb 2009 |
República de Bolivia [5] |
| 7 Feb 2009 |
Bolivia is constituted as a Unitary Social State of Pluri-National Communitarian Law ("Estado Unitario Social de Derecho Plurinacional Comunitario") in accordance with the Political Constitution of the State (Constitución Política del Estado) coming into operation on publication (Gaceta Oficial, 7 Feb 2009) |
| 7 Feb 2009 - |
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia [6] |
| 18 Mar 2009 |
the use of Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia is prescribed in public and private acts in accordance with a decree issued by the President of the State on 18 Mar 2009 (Gaceta Oficial, No. 9, 18 Mar 2009, pp. 24-25) |
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| [1] |
Also in official use by military authorities: estas provincias [sc. del Alto Perú], sometimes decretada República Boliviana. |
| [2] |
Asamblea General at Chuquisaca passed a decree (11 Aug 1825) declaring República Bolívar as the name of the polity (Documentos para la historia de la vida pública del libertador, 10: 69-71); the decree was not promulgated by the military authorities; Alto Perú and Estado del Alto Perú were used as alternatives in other documents of Asamblea General issued between 10 Jul 1825 and 6 Oct 1825. |
| [3] |
The indiscriminate use of República Boliviana, Bolivia and República de Bolivia as well as rare use of Nación Boliviana and República Bolivia is documented for the indicated period; "República Boliviana" and "Bolivia" are included as a part of the executive formula for promulgation of laws in a) Constitutions of 1826, 1831 and 1834; and b) Constitutions of 1851 and 1861, respectively. |
| [4] |
28 Oct 1836 - 20 Feb 1839 a component of Peru-Bolivian Confederation. |
| [5] |
República Boliviana continues in some official use, as on coinage (co-existing with República de Bolivia) until 1908. |
| [6] |
Upon the promulgation of the Constitution of 2009, the official name of the state remained largely undefined, although Estado Plurinacional immediately became a legal definition. |
