Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé

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Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
Supreme Court of Bolivia
In office
17 March 2004 – 9 June 2005
Preceded byArmando Villafuerte Claros
Succeeded byHéctor Sandóval Parada
Personal details
Born (1956-03-02) 2 March 1956 (age 68)
University of San Simón
Harvard University
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Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé (born 2 March 1956) is a

Supreme Court
of Bolivia.

Background

Born in

John F. Kennedy School of Government
.

Rodríguez was the Bolivian ambassador to the Netherlands where he also served as ambassador before the International Court of Justice.[1] On 12 November 2019, he resigned from that post upon the assumption of the government of Jeanine Áñez.[2]

Presidency (2005–2006)

In 2005, after weeks of civil unrest led by

Hormando Vaca Diez and Chamber of Deputies leader Mario Cossío did not take the post, under pressure from opposition protestors. Rodríguez, as non-partisan head of the judiciary and fourth in the line of succession, became the country's new president on June 10, 2005; he was inaugurated with the constitutional
mandate to call elections within one year's time.

Evo Morales won the December 2005 general election and Rodriguez's term ended upon Morales' inauguration.

Post-presidency (2006–present)

Treason charges

Under the Morales administration, Rodriguez has been charged with treason following the decommissioning of missiles during his term in office.[3] Bolivia bought about 30 HN-5 shoulder-launched missiles from China in 1993 or 1998.[4][5][6] By 2005 they had become obsolete and Rodriguez made the decision to destroy them; he says he did not know the United States would be the ones to be given the missiles for destruction.[4] Before taking office, Morales charged that the transfer amounted to putting the country "under foreign domination."[7]

He was charged with treason in 2006, which carries a 30-year prison term.[8] He has since been cleared of all charges.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Image collections | Getty Images UK".
  2. ^ Bolivia, Opinión. "Bolivia sustituirá a su agente en La Haya para el caso del Silala con Chile". Opinión Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ^ People's justice The Economist, 31 March 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Bolivia accuses US of taking missiles". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ Ejercito Ecuatoriano incauta misil antiaéreo destinado a las FARC ~ Webinfomil
  6. ^ Los misiles chinos de los bolivianos – NuevaMayoria.com
  7. ^ Bolivia's Defense Chiefs Ousted in Missile Scandal
  8. ^ Bolivian Ex-President Faces Treason Charges

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Armando Villafuerte Claros
 President of the Supreme Court of Bolivia
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Héctor Sandóval Parada
Political offices
Preceded by President of Bolivia
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
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