Rodrigo Paz Pereira

Rodrigo Paz Pereira
Official photo of Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 2020
Senator for Tarija
Assumed office
3 November 2020
Serving with Nely Gallo, Gladys Alarcón Farfán, and Miguel Rejas
SubstituteZoya Zamora
Preceded byMarcelo Antezana
Second Vice President of the Senate
In office
4 November 2020 – 4 November 2021
PresidentAndrónico Rodríguez
First Vice
President
Lindaura Rasguido
Preceded byCarmen Eva Gonzales
Succeeded bySantiago Ticona
Leader of First the People
Assumed office
3 April 2019
Preceded byCivic group established
Mayor of Tarija
In office
30 May 2015 – 24 October 2020
Preceded byOscar Montes
Succeeded byAlfonso Lema
President of the Tarija Municipal Council
In office
31 May 2010 – 30 May 2015
MayorOscar Montes
Preceded byRoberto Ávila Castellanos
Succeeded byAlfonso Lema
Member of the Chamber of
Deputies
from Tarija
In office
22 January 2006 – 22 January 2010
SubstituteJulio Vaca Guzmán
Preceded byFernando Castellanos
Succeeded byRoy Cornejo Raña
ConstituencyCircumscription 46
In office
6 August 2002 – 22 January 2006
SubstitutePedro Romero Sagredo
Preceded byPedro Romero Sagredo
Succeeded byEulalio Sánchez
ConstituencyCircumscription 49
Personal details
Born
Rodrigo Paz Pereira

(1967-09-22) 22 September 1967 (age 57)
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Political party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseMari Elena Urquidi
Children
  • Catalina
  • Alicia
  • Paulino
  • Elena
Parent(s)Jaime Paz Zamora
Carmen Pereira Carballo
EducationSan Ignacio School
Alma materAmerican University
(BIGS, MPM)

Rodrigo Paz Pereira (born 22 September 1967) is a Bolivian politician serving as senator for Tarija since 2020. A member of Civic Community, he has been the leader of the First the People civic group —the alliance's primary partner in Tarija— since 2019. As a member of United to Renew, he previously served as mayor of Tarija from 2015 to 2020 and as president of the Tarija Municipal Council from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as a uninominal member of the Chamber of Deputies from Tarija representing circumscription 46 from 2005 to 2010 and circumscription 49 from 2002 to 2006, on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement, the party of his father, former president Jaime Paz Zamora.