title: Bolivian National Congress, 1940–1942
text: # Bolivian National Congress, 1940–1942
  
  The 1940–42 Bolivian National Congress was a meeting the Bolivian legislature composed of the Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies. It met in La Paz from 12 April 1940 to 1942 during the final four days of the interim government of Carlos Quintanilla and the first two years of the Enrique Peñaranda's presidency.
  
  The Congress was elected as part of the general election held on 10 March 1940.
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Chamber of Senators
  
  * President: Alberto Saavedra Nogales (PRS), until October 1949
     * Arturo Galindo (PL), until November 1941
     * Walter Belmonte Pool (PRS), from November 1941
  
  ### Chamber of Deputies
  
  * President: Rafael de Ugarte (PRG), until August 1941
     * Jorge Aráoz Campero (PSI), from August 1941
  
  ## Composition
  
  ### Chamber of Senators
  
  1940–1942 members of the Chamber of Senators:
  
  | Senator | Department | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adolfo Vilar Mendivil | Chuquisaca | PL |
  | Mamerto Urriolagoitía | Chuquisaca | PSU |
  | Pedro Zilveti Arce | Chuquisaca | PRS |
  | Abdón Saavedra | La Paz | PRS |
  | Alcides Arguedas | La Paz | PL |
  | Waldo Belmonte Pool | La Paz | PRS |
  | Arturo Galindo | Cochabamba | PL |
  | Félix Capriles | Cochabamba | PSU |
  | Manuel Carrasco Jimenez | Cochabamba | PL |
  | Carlos Beltrán Morales | Oruro | PSU |
  | Edmundo Vásquez | Oruro | PRS |
  | Julio Quintanilla | Oruro | PL |
  | Alberto Saavedra Nogales | Potosí | PRS |
  | Juan Manuel Balcázar | Potosí | PRS |
  | Luis Calvo | Potosí | PRG |
  | Bernardo Navajas Trigo | Tarija | PL |
  | Julio Pantoja Estenssoro | Tarija | PRS |
  | Manuel Mogro Moreno | Tarija | PRS |
  | Alfredo Jordán | Santa Cruz | PL |
  | José Gil Soruco | Santa Cruz | PRS |
  | Rubén Terrazas | Santa Cruz | PRG |
  | Eduardo Roca | Beni | PSU |
  | Julio Céspedes Añez | Beni | PRS |
  | Napoleón Solares Arias | Beni | PL |
  | Fabián Vaca Chávez | Pando | PRG |
  | Oscar Mariaca Pando | Pando | PL |
  | Rómulo Arano Peredo | Pando | PRS |
  
  ### Chamber of Deputies
  
  1940–1942 members of the Chamber of Deputies:
  
  | Deputy | Department | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alberto Salinas López | Chuquisaca | PSU |
  | Daniel Gamarra | Chuquisaca | PRG |
  | Desiderio M. Rivera | Chuquisaca | PSU |
  | Fernando Ortíz Pacheco | Chuquisaca | PRG |
  | Fructuoso Ramos | Chuquisaca | PSU |
  | Gustavo Adolfo Navarro | Chuquisaca | PSOB |
  | José Félix Mercado | Chuquisaca | PSI |
  | Julio Harriague | Chuquisaca | PL |
  | Miguel Muñoz | Chuquisaca | PRG |
  | Rafael Alarcón Pacheco | Chuquisaca | PRG |
  | Rogelio Arce | Chuquisaca | PL |
  | Zenobio Sánchez | Chuquisaca | PL |
  | Alfredo Guillen Pinto | La Paz | PRG |
  | Carlos Gonzalo de Saavedra | La Paz | PRS |
  | Claudio Zuazo | La Paz | PR |
  | Daniel Ortíz M. | La Paz | PL |
  | Félix Eguino Zaballa | La Paz | PSU |
  | Fernando Iturralde Chinel | La Paz | PSI |
  | Gabriel Levy | La Paz | PRS |
  | Germán Monroy Block | La Paz | PSI |
  | Isaac Salazar y P. | La Paz | PSU |
  | José María Salinas | La Paz | Ind. |
  | Julio Agudo | La Paz | PRG |
  | Max Mendoza López | La Paz | PRS |
  | Nazario Pardo Valle | La Paz | PSU |
  | Nicolás Rodas Peñaloza | La Paz | Ind. |
  | Rafael Otazo V. | La Paz | PSI |
  | Remy Rodas Eguino | La Paz | PRS |
  | Teodomiro Urquiola | La Paz | PRS |
  | Tomas Chávez Lobatón | La Paz | Ind. |
  | Víctor Andrade | La Paz | Ind. |
  | Abraham Bascopé | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Carlos Puente | Cochabamba | Ind. |
  | Carlos Salamanca F. | Cochabamba | PSI |
  | Carlos Walter Urquidi | Cochabamba | Ind. |
  | Daniel Iriarte | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Guillermo Viscarra | Cochabamba | PSU |
  | Joaquín Espada | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Jorge Mercado Rosales | Cochabamba | PSU |
  | Juan José Carrasco | Cochabamba | PRS |
  | Julio Espinoza | Cochabamba | PSI |
  | Luís Ponce Lozada | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Néstor V. Galindo | Cochabamba | PL |
  | Rafael de Ugarte | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Rodolfo Soriano | Cochabamba | PSI |
  | Rolando Rivero Torres | Cochabamba | PRS |
  | Víctor Cabrera Lozada | Cochabamba | PRG |
  | Walker Humérez | Cochabamba | PRS |
  | Abel Leyes | Oruro | PSU |
  | Angel Mendizábal | Oruro | PL |
  | Demetrio Canelas | Oruro | PRG |
  | Fernando Loayza Beltrán | Oruro | Ind. |
  | Guillermo Liendo | Oruro | PRS |
  | Jacinto Rodríguez | Oruro | PL |
  | Julio Romano | Oruro | PSI |
  | Roberto Gómez Olivares | Oruro | PSU |
  | Abelardo Villalpando | Potosí | FPP |
  | Agustín Zuleta | Potosí | PSU |
  | Alfredo Arratia | Potosí | FPP |
  | Arturo Pinto Escalier | Potosí | PRG |
  | Eduardo del Portillo | Potosí | Ind. |
  | Fernando Siñani | Potosí | FPP |
  | Humberto Duchén | Potosí | PL |
  | Julio Tumiri Javier | Potosí | Ind. |
  | Justo Gardeazábal | Potosí | PRS |
  | Miguel Mercado Moreira | Potosí | PL |
  | Rafael Tufiño | Potosí | PL |
  | Raúl Jordán Velasco | Potosí | Ind. |
  | Raúl Ruíz González | Potosí | FPP |
  | Ricardo Tapia Bravo | Potosí | Ind. |
  | Roberto González Aramayo | Potosí | PSU |
  | Alberto Rodo R. | Tarija | PSI |
  | Alberto Sánchez Rossel | Tarija | PSI |
  | Augusto León | Tarija | PL |
  | Francisco Lazcano Soruco | Tarija | PSU |
  | Genaro Vásquez | Tarija | PL |
  | Héctor Pinto Echazú | Tarija | PSI |
  | Jorge Aráoz Campero | Tarija | PSI |
  | José María Paz | Tarija | PSI |
  | Víctor Paz Estenssoro | Tarija | PSI |
  | Adrián Barrientes Franco | Santa Cruz | PL |
  | Celso Castedo | Santa Cruz | PRS |
  | Ernesto Monasterios | Santa Cruz | PRG |
  | Facundo Flores Jiménez | Santa Cruz | PSU |
  | Felipe Baldomar | Santa Cruz | Ind. |
  | Guillermo Rivero | Santa Cruz | PSU |
  | Héctor Suárez Santisteban | Santa Cruz | PRS |
  | Horacio Sosa | Santa Cruz | PL |
  | José Parada Suárez | Santa Cruz | PL |
  | Julio Landívar Moreno | Santa Cruz | PL |
  | Luís Saavedra Suárez | Santa Cruz | PSU |
  | Pedro Montano | Santa Cruz | PRG |
  | Virgilio Serrate | Santa Cruz | PRG |
  | Alfredo Morant | Beni | Ind. |
  | Antonio Munguía | Beni | PSU |
  | Antonio Velasco Avila | Beni | Ind. |
  | Jesús Lijerón Rodríguez | Beni | Ind. |
  | José Chávez Suárez | Beni | PL |
  | Juan Manuel Suárez | Beni | Ind. |
  | Napoleón Añez | Beni | Ind. |
  | Pablo Saucedo Barbery | Beni | PL |
  | Sócrates Parada Suárez | Beni | PL |
  | Adolfo Aponte | Pando | Ind. |
  | Eugenio von Boeck | Pando | Ind. |
  | Germán Chávez | Pando | PL |
  | Juan Granier Chirveches | Pando | PL |
  | Roberto Jordán Cuéllar | Pando | PSU |
  | Roberto Prudencio Romecín | Pando | PSI |
  | Tomás Paz Caballero | Pando | Ind. |
  