Erwin Rivero

Erwin Rivero
Official portrait, 2018
Senator for Beni
In office 18 January 2015 – 3 November 2020
Substitute	Katya Chávez Ruth Franco
Preceded by	Freddy Bersatti
Succeeded by	Suka Nacif
Prefect of Beni
In office 24 October 2003 – 8 June 2004
Appointed by	Carlos Mesa
Preceded by	Fernando Romero
Succeeded by	Fernando Ávila
Personal details
Born	Erwin Rivero Ziegler (1957-09-16) 16 September 1957 (age 66) Trinidad, Bolivia
Political party	Community Autonomy (from 2005)
Other political affiliations	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (until 2003)
Alma mater	Autonomous Metropolitan University — Xochimilco
Occupation	Biochemist pharmacist politician
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Erwin Rivero Ziegler (born 16 September 1957) is a Bolivian biochemist, pharmacist, and politician who served as senator for Beni from 2015 to 2020. Rivero spent most of his professional career working in the pharmaceutical industry, only entering politics at the turn of the twenty-first century. He joined the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, holding minor posts at the provincial and departmental levels. With the collapse of the Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada administration in October 2003, Rivero distanced himself from the government party and was appointed prefect of Beni by Carlos Mesa. He remained in office for half a year before being ousted for his role in the military's violent dispersal of protesters near Puente San Pablo. Undeterred, Rivero formed his own party, Community Autonomy, with which he competed for the Trinidad mayoralty, attaining third place, losing the contest but attaining a seat in the city's municipal council. The following year, he campaigned to return to the prefecture, finishing third. Despite his conservative political origins, Rivero aligned himself with the ruling Movement for Socialism, with which he unsuccessfully contested the Trinidad mayoralty before finally being elected as a senator for the party.