Jaime Paz Zamora Net Worth

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Born1939

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityBolivian

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Background and career

Jaime Paz Zamora (born 15 April 1939) is a Bolivian former politician who served as the 60th president of Bolivia from 1989 to 1993. He also served as the 32nd vice president of Bolivia from October 1982 to December 1984 during the presidency of Hernán Siles Zuazo. He is the nephew of former president Víctor Paz Estenssoro and father of current president Rodrigo Paz.

Foundation of the MIR and alliance with Siles Zuazo

Jaime Paz Zamora studied Political Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and became an ardent supporter of left-wing/progressive causes in the turbulent 1960s. Exiled by dictator Hugo Banzer in 1971, he co-founded in Chile the Revolutionary Left Movement (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, MIR), originally a member of the Socialist International.