title: 1953 in Bolivia
text: # 1953 in Bolivia
  
  Events in the year 1953 in Bolivia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Víctor Paz Estenssoro (MNR)
  * Vice President: Hernán Siles Zuazo (MNR)
  
  ## Ongoing events
  
  * Bolivian National Revolution (1952–1964)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 2 August – President Víctor Paz Estenssoro signs Supreme Decree N° 3464 into law, passing sweeping agrarian reform and declaring peasants the owners of their own lands.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 12 August – Carlos Mesa, 63rd president of Bolivia, 37th vice president of Bolivia.
  