Fernando Campero

Fernando Campero
Official portrait, 2015
Substitute Senator for Tarija
In office 23 January 2015 – 3 November 2020
Senator	Mirtha Arce
Preceded by	Dora Burgos
Succeeded by	Luis Casso
Personal details
Born	Fernando Campero Paz (1953-03-20) 20 March 1953 (age 71) Tarija, Bolivia
Political party	National Unity Front (2009–present)
Other political affiliations	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (before 1989) Revolutionary Left Movement (1989–1993)
Alma mater	Bolivian Catholic University
Occupation	Economist politician
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Fernando Campero Paz (born 20 March 1953) is a Bolivian economist and politician who served as substitute senator for Tarija from 2015 to 2020. He previously served as general manager of the Central Bank of Bolivia and the Bolivian Stock Exchange during the administration of Jaime Paz Zamora.

Born into the prominent Paz family of Tarija, Campero was raised in a highly politicized environment, closely connected to the happenings in the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, the party of his uncle, Víctor Paz Estenssoro. Sympathetic to leftist currents, Campero split from his family's party in favor of the Revolutionary Left Movement, serving in the Paz Zamora administration as general manager of the country's Central Bank and Stock Exchange.

Following a long political retirement, Campero returned to the electoral scene in 2009, seeking a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the National Unity Front. Though unsuccessful in that endeavor, he remained active within the party's ranks, serving as its regional leader in Tarija. He saw more electoral success in the next cycle, winning a seat as a substitute senator in 2014.