Jorge Quiroga
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| Jorge Quiroga Ramírez | |
| Term | August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002 |
| Preceded by | Hugo Banzer Suárez |
| Succeeded by | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada |
| Date of birth | May 6 1960 |
| Place of birth | Cochabamba, Cochabamba Department |
| First Lady | Virginia Gillum de Quiroga |
| Party | Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) |
Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez "Tuto" (b. May 5, 1960), was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. Vice-president of the Republic since 1997, he became President when the office holder and party leader, Hugo Banzer, resigned because of aggravated health problems. Quiroga assumed as acting president on July 1, 2001 and later in the year as incumbent on August 7, to complete the five-year mandate. Quiroga was elected vice president of Bolivia in 1997. At 37, he was the youngest vice president in Bolivia's history. He has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M and a master's degree in business administration from St. Edward's University. Quiroga has also received the World Leader of Tomorrow Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
External link
Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation (http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/lideres/q-001.htm) (in Spanish) http://www.thebatt.com/media/paper657/news/2002/04/10/FrontPage/Bolivian.President.Honored-517621.shtml