Betty Tejada

Betty Tejada
Official portrait of Betty Tejada flanked to the left by the Bolivian tricolor and the Wiphala.
Official portrait, 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
18 January 2013 – 21 January 2014
Preceded byRebeca Delgado
Succeeded byMarcelo Elío
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Santa Cruz
In office
22 January 2010 – 2 January 2015
SubstituteMauro Peña
Preceded byAlejandro Colanzi
Succeeded byEliane Capobianco
ConstituencyParty list
In office
2 August 2002 – 22 January 2006
SubstituteEduardo Prudencio
Preceded byHelen Hayes
Succeeded byArminda Méndez
ConstituencyParty list
Substitute Member of the
Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz
In office
6 August 1997 – 2 August 2002
DeputyRoberto Landívar
Preceded byNeptaly Mendoza
Succeeded byMary Rocabado
ConstituencyParty list
Personal details
Born
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco

(1959-06-05) 5 June 1959 (age 65)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Political partyMovement for Socialism (after 2005)
Other political
affiliations
New Republican Force (before 2004)
SpouseRamón Prada
Children
Alma materHigher University of San Andrés
Occupation
  • Ecologist
  • lawyer
  • politician
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Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco (born 5 June 1959) is a Bolivian ecologist, lawyer, and politician who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2014. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she served as party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, she served in the same position from 2002 to 2006 and as a substitute party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz under Roberto Landívar from 1997 to 2002, on behalf of New Republican Force.