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Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff

On 8 November 2025 Rodrigo Paz began a presidential term, succeeding Luis Arce at the constitutional date. Paz had won the 19 October runoff against Jorge Quiroga after the 17 August first round ended nearly two decades of MAS dominance. In the causal graph this event strengthens Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power, a driver that weakens Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

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On 8 November 2025 Rodrigo Paz began a presidential term, succeeding Luis Arce at the constitutional date. Paz had won the 19 October runoff against Jorge Quiroga after the 17 August first round ended nearly two decades of MAS dominance. Fuel-shortage and Fondioc rows remain on other dates.

Context

Re-election had been declined in May. Paz is an unresolved person candidate. This run does not mint him.

17 August first round and 19 October runoff are parents. 10 December arrest is a later child. Store 8 November as Arce’s last presidential day. Keep Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff on 2025-11-08 separate from neighbouring 26 June 2024 palace hour, 14 November 2024 TCP MAS resolution, 14 May 2025 withdrawal, 17 August 2025 first round, 8 November 2025 handover, and 10 December 2025 arrest.

The president of Bolivia is head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief. He can appoint military commanders, propose budgets, and stand as a MAS candidate. He does not sit as a TCP magistrate, a TSE precinct printer, or a BCB teller.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Luis Arce

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    verified

    TSE credentialed. The Assembly received the oath. Arce completed the term. Paz is unresolved.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.arce-mas-fracture observation 2025-08-17Órgano Electoral Plurinacional of Bolivia · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Órgano Electoral Plurinacional — 17 August 2025 general-election result neighbourhoodÓrgano Electoral Plurinacional of Bolivia · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Órgano Electoral Plurinacional of Bolivia carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: Arce left office on 8 November 2025; Paz had won the 19 October runoff after the August first round.

Not established: That the handover rebates fuel queues, or a unique later CPI coefficient from the oath hour.

The Assembly received the oath. Arce completed the term. Paz is unresolved.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff, not a later speech about Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to TSE credentialed. The Assembly received the oath. Arce completed the term. Paz is unresolved. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLuis Arce
  2. contributed toFactArce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff
  3. strengthensDriverCapacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power
  4. weakensIndicatorPolitical Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bo-arce-handover-2025

https://factrail.ai/facts/bo-arce-handover-2025

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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