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

Date: 2025

## The fact

On 8 November 2025 Rodrigo Paz began a presidential term, succeeding [Luis Arce](/people/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

## Significance

## What is established and what is not

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.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

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. Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff on 2025-11-08 is not a licence to treat every later Órgano Electoral Plurinacional of Bolivia communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Arce leaves office as Rodrigo Paz is sworn after the 2025 runoff into a personality. 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.

## People

- Luis Arce: https://factrail.ai/people/luis-arce

## Drivers

- Capacity for Peaceful Transfer of Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/capacity-for-peaceful-transfer-of-power

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-votes-runoff-election-marking-pro-market-shift-us-embrace-2025-10-19/
- https://www.oep.org.bo/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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