What is Carlos Mesa?
{{Infobox officeholder | nationality = [[Bolivia]]n | image = Carlos Mesa, ex-President of Bolivia (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Carlos Mesa in 2014 | term_start = October 17, 2003 | term_end = June 9, 2005 | predecessor = [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] | successor = [[Eduardo Rodríguez (politician)|Eduardo Rodríguez]] | birth_name = Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|08|12}} | birth_place = [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Elvira Salinas de Mesa | party = [[Revolutionary Nationalist Movement|MNR]] <small>(2002–2003)</small><br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] <small>(2003–2018)</small><br />[[Revolutionary Left Front (Bolivia)|FRI]] <small>(2018–present)</small> | order = 63rd | office = President of Bolivia | vicepresident = Vacant | order2 = [[Vice President of Bolivia]] | president2 = [[Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada]] | term_start2 = August 6, 2002 | term_end2 = October 17, 2003 | predecessor2 = [[Jorge Quiroga Ramírez]] | successor2 = [[Álvaro García Linera]] | alma_mater = [[Complutense University of Madrid]], [[Universidad Mayor de San Andrés]] | signature = Signature of Carlos Mesa.svg | website = {{url|carlosdmesa.com}} }} '''Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert''' (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician and journalist. He was [[President of Bolivia]] from 2003 to 2005. He was vice president of Bolivia from August 2002 to October 2003.<ref>[http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/Vicepresidencia/GaleriaVicepresidencial/19562010/tabid/82/Default.aspx Vicepresidency of Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416031001/http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/Vicepresidencia/GaleriaVicepresidencial/19562010/tabid/82/Default.aspx |date=2009-04-16 }}</ref> He unsuccessfully ran for president again in [[2020 Bolivian general election|2020]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesa, Carlos}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Bolivia]] [[Category:Vice presidents of Bolivia]