Editing Sucre (section)

==Government==
Together with [[La Paz]], Sucre is one of two governmental centers of Bolivia: It is the seat of the judiciary, where the [[Supreme Court of Justice (Bolivia)|Supreme Court of Justice]] is located. As designated in the [[Constitution of Bolivia]], Sucre is the true capital of the nation, while La Paz is the seat of government. Sucre is also the [[capital city]] of the [[Departments of Bolivia|department]] of [[Chuquisaca department|Chuquisaca]]. The government of the City of Sucre is divided into [[executive (government)|executive]] and [[legislature|legislative]] branches. The [[Mayor of Sucre, Bolivia|Mayor of Sucre]] is the executive head of the city government, elected for a term of five years by general election. The legislative branch consists of the [[Municipal Council of Sucre, Bolivia|Municipal Council]], which elects a President, Vice President and Secretary from a group of eleven members.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

The mayor of Sucre is Enrique Leaño of the [[Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)|Movement for Socialism]], who defeated Horacio Poppe in elections held on March 3, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=El MAS gana en Sucre y Enrique Leaño es el nuevo alcalde |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/mas-gana-sucre-enrique-leano-es-nuevo-alcalde/20210321235441812562.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=Opinión Bolivia |date= March 21, 2021|language=es |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505144455/https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/mas-gana-sucre-enrique-leano-es-nuevo-alcalde/20210321235441812562.html }}</ref>
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|-
|'''Date Began'''
! '''Date Ended'''
! '''Mayor'''
! '''Party'''
! '''Notes'''
|-
|
|February 7, 2000
|Germán Gutiérrez Santier
|MNR, PS1
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2020-11-22 |title=Ningún alcalde de Sucre cumplió su mandato completo en 20 años |work=Correo del Sur |url=https://correodelsur.com/local/20201122_ningun-alcalde-de-sucre-cumplio-su-mandato-completo-en-20-anos.html |access-date=2021-05-05 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505144730/https://correodelsur.com/local/20201122_ningun-alcalde-de-sucre-cumplio-su-mandato-completo-en-20-anos.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|February 7, 2000
|January 8, 2003
|Fidel Herrera Ressini
|MBL
|Resigned in intra-party move.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|January 8, 2003
|October 5, 2004
|Aydeé Nava Andrade
|MBL
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|October 5, 2004
|January 10, 2005
|Armando Pereira
|MNR
|Interim mayor while Nava ran in election.<ref name=":0" />
|-
| January 10, 2005
| Nov 2008
| Aydeé Nava Andrade
| MBL
|Elected in 2004.
|-
| Nov 2008
| May 30, 2010
| Hugo Loayza
| MBL
| Assumed office after Nava was indicted on corruption charges.<ref name=":0" />
|-
| May 30, 2010
| June 18, 2010
| [[Jaime Barrón Poveda]]
| PAÍS
| Elected in [[Bolivian regional election, 2010|regional election]] on April 4, 2010
|-
| June 22, 2010
| January 10, 2011
| [[Verónica Berríos]]
| MAS-IPSP
| Designated as interim Mayor by Sucre's Council in Resolution 335/10 after Barrón was indicted on charges of organizing the [[May 24, 2008 violence in Sucre|violence of 24 May 2008]],<ref name="FalloR">{{Cite news |url=http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/politica/20110128/fallo-judicial-restituye-a-alcaldesa-de-sucre_110589_217524.html |title=Fallo judicial restituye a Alcaldesa de Sucre |date=2011-01-28 |work=Los Tiempos [byline: Correo del Sur] |access-date=2011-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130022245/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/politica/20110128/fallo-judicial-restituye-a-alcaldesa-de-sucre_110589_217524.html |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> with the support of MAS, New Citizen Alternative, and Domingo Martínez.<ref name=Ecandalo>{{Cite news |title=Escándalo frena elección edil y abre paso a negociaciones |work=Correo del Sur |access-date=2011-12-13 |date=2011-06-02 |url=http://www.correodelsur.com/2011/0602/36.php |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050753/http://www.correodelsur.com/2011/0602/36.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| January 10, 2011
| January 27, 2011
| José Santos Romero
| MAS-IPSP
| Designated as interim Mayor by Sucre's Council in Resolution 03/11,<ref name=FalloR/> with three MAS votes (but not Berríos' alternate), four PAÍS votes, and that of Lourdes Millares.<ref name=Ecandalo/>
|-
| July 27, 2011
| January 31, 2012
| Verónica Berríos
| MAS-IPSP
| Restored to office when the Guarantees Tribunal of Chuquisaca's Superior Court of Justice annulled Resolution 03/11<ref name=FalloR/>
|-
| January 31, 2012
|May 25, 2015
| Moisés Torres Chivé
| Renewing Freedom and Democracy (LIDER)
| Elected in [[Bolivian special municipal election, 2011#Sucre|2011 special election]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Torres ya es Alcalde de Sucre |work=Correo del Sur |access-date = 2012-02-06 |date=2012-01-31 |url=http://www.correodelsur.com/2012/0131/15.php |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204022826/http://correodelsur.com/2012/0131/15.php |archive-date = February 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|May 25, 2015
| November 13, 2019
| Iván Arciénega
| MAS-IPSP
| Elected in [[Bolivian regional election, 2015|2015 municipal election]].<ref name="ArcTriunfa">{{Cite news |last=Donoso |first=Yuvert |title=Arciénega triunfa; le falta mayoría - La Razón |edition=1 April 2015 |work=La Razón |url=http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/animal_electoral/Subnacionales-Arcienega-triunfa-falta-mayoria_0_2244975522.html |access-date=2015-05-08 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829024747/http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/animal_electoral/Subnacionales-Arcienega-triunfa-falta-mayoria_0_2244975522.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Resigned in [[2019 Bolivian political crisis|2019 national political crisis]].<ref name=":0" />
|-
|November 14, 2019
|May 3, 2021
|Rosario López
|FRI
|Designated as interim Mayor by Sucre's Council.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|May 3, 2021
|Incumbent
|Enrique Leaño
|MAS-IPSP
|Elected in [[2021 Bolivian regional elections|2021 municipal election]]
|}
The [[Municipal Council of Sucre, Bolivia|Municipal Council]] is the [[legislative branch]] of the government of the municipality of [[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]], the constitutional capital of Bolivia. The council consists of eleven elected members, and it elects its own President, Vice President and Secretary. The members of the municipal council elected on May 3, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinco fuerzas políticas conformarán el Concejo Municipal de Sucre |url=https://correodelsur.com/local/20210309_cinco-fuerzas-politicas-conformaran-el-concejo-municipal-de-sucre.html |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=Correo del Sur |language=es |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205634/https://correodelsur.com/local/20210309_cinco-fuerzas-politicas-conformaran-el-concejo-municipal-de-sucre.html |url-status=live }}</ref> are:

*Oscar Sandy (MAS)
*Yolanda Barrios (MAS)
*Rodolfo Avilés (MAS)
*Guadalupe Fernández (MAS)
*Eduardo Lora (R-2025)
*Melisa Cortés (R-2025)
*Antonio Pino (R-2025)
*Carmen Rosa Torres (R-2025)
*Jenny Montaño (C-A)
*Gonzalo Pallares (CST)
*Edwin González (Unidos)