Bolivian National Convention of 1938


The Bolivian National Convention of 1938 was an elected constituent assembly held from May 23 to October 30, and charged with rewriting the constitution of Bolivia. President David Toro called for the National Convention in 1937, but had been replaced by Germán Busch by the time it was held. Voter rolls for electing Convention members were opened in August 1937, and the vote was held in March 1938.
The National Convention consisted of elected Senators and Deputies meeting in a unicameral legislature for the purposes of writing the constitution. The dominant force in the National Convention was the Sole Socialist Front, an alliance of the Syndical Confederation of Workers of Bolivia and the Legion of Ex-Combatants, backed by the Busch government. The president of the gathering was Renato Riverín.
The National Convention was the first national legislative body to meet in Bolivia in over three years. The 1938 Convention was also the first time workers were included in a Bolivian constituent assembly. In October 1938, the body successfully produced the Bolivian Constitution of 1938.

Chamber of Senators

SenatorPartyDepartment
Bernardo Navajas TrigoPLTarija
Carlos MedinaceliFPPPotosí
Eduardo Rodríguez VásquezPLLa Paz
Germán ChávezPLSanta Cruz
Gregorio Balcázar???Pando
Gregorio MendizábalPRSChuquisaca
José AntezanaPLCochabamba
José P. Bilbao Llano???La Paz
Julio Pantoja EstenssoroPRSTarija
Julio SalmónPLSanta Cruz
Luis HerreroPRSOruro
Napoleón Solares AriasPLBeni
Otoniel QuirogaPRSCochabamba
Pablo Saucedo BarberyPLPando
Renato A. RiverínFPPPotosí
Ricardo Rivera???Oruro
Sebastián García Agreda???Chuquisaca
Sócrates Parada SuárezPLBeni

Chamber of Deputies

DeputyPartyDepartment
Abel LeyesPSUOruro
Abel Márquez???Tarija
Adolfo AponteindBeni
Adolfo Leigue???Pando
Adolfo Paco Careaga???La Paz
Adolfo Román???Santa Cruz
Adrián Camacho PorcelPSUChuquisaca
Adrián Oblitas???La Paz
Agustín Landívar Zambrana???Santa Cruz
Alberto Berdeja???Chuquisaca
Alberto Echazú???Chuquisaca
Alberto Zelada???Chuquisaca
Alfredo ArratiaFPPPotosí
Alfredo MollinedoPSULa Paz
Ángel Jordán???Cochabamba
Ángel MendizábalPLOruro
Antonio Campero ArcePSUTarija
Antonio Mogro Moreno???Tarija
Antonio MunguíaPSUBeni
Aquino Ibáñez Coruco???Santa Cruz
Armando Renjel???Oruro
Augusto Céspedes PatziPSICochabamba
Augusto Chávez C.???Beni
Augusto GuzmánPSUCochabamba
Carlos Cortez???Potosí
Carlos Gómez CornejoPRSLa Paz
Carlos Gregorio Taborga???Potosí
Carlos MachicaoPRSLa Paz
Corsino Rodríguez Quiroga???Potosí
David Ardaya???Cochabamba
Desiderio M. RiveraPSUChuquisaca
Eduardo Fajardo???Oruro
Emilio Sejas???Potosí
Enrique BaldiviesoPSUPotosí
Enrique Liendo???Oruro
Enrique Reyes Barrón???Chuquisaca
Esteban Durán???Chuquisaca
Eustaquio Bilbao Rioja???Potosí
Facundo Flores JiménezPSUSanta Cruz
Federico Román???La Paz
Felipe Ayala GamboaPSUCochabamba
Félix Eguino ZaballaPSULa Paz
Félix Vargas Soto???La Paz
Fernando Justiniano???Santa Cruz
Fernando SiñaniFPPPotosí
Francisco Hurtado???Santa Cruz
Gastón Pacheco???Potosí
Germán Pareja???Chuquisaca
Gonzalo Cuéllar Jiménez???Beni
Gonzalo Suárez Dorado???Beni
Guillermo RiveroPSUPotosí
Gustavo AuzzaPRSTarija
Hugo Pizarro Aráoz???Tarija
Humberto del Solar???La Paz
Humberto Montaño???Cochabamba
Ismael Zuazo???Pando
Jesús Lijerón RodríguezindBeni
Jesús Rioja Aponte???Beni
Jorge Arana Urioste???Chuquisaca
Jorge Araoz CamperoPSITarija
Jorge Bailón SaraviaPSULa Paz
Jorge Mercado RosalesPSUCochabamba
José Anaya???Cochabamba
José Antonio CamachoPORCochabamba
José Antonio Zegada???Cochabamba
José Bascón???La Paz
José Chávez SuárezPLPando
José Daniel Antelo???Santa Cruz
José Enrique Peña???Cochabamba
José María Cortez???Potosí
José Romero LozaPSUChuquisaca
José Serrate???Santa Cruz
Juan Manuel SuárezindBeni
Julián MontellanoPSIOruro
Julio EspinozaPSICochabamba
Julio Velasco G.???Potosí
Lucio Lanza SolaresPRSPotosí
Lucio Vargas DíazPRSCochabamba
Luis Alberto Tapia???La Paz
Luis Barbery???La Paz
Luis Felipe GuzmánPLCochabamba
Luis Ossio RuizPSUPotosí
Mario Ortiz Suárez???Santa Cruz
Nataniel García Chávez???Beni
Nazario Pardo VallePSULa Paz
Óscar Emilio ArauzLECChuquisaca
Ricardo Gambarte???Chuquisaca
Rigoberto Villarroel Claure???La Paz
Roberto Jordán CuéllarPSUPando
Roberto Prado???Santa Cruz
Rodolfo CostasPSICochabamba
Rodolfo SorianoPSUCochabamba
Rufino Saldaña???La Paz
Severo Clavijo Suárez???Potosí
Sixto Montero Hoyos???Santa Cruz
Telesforo Morales???Oruro
Tomás Chávez LobatónindLa Paz
Trifonio DelgadoPRSOruro
Víctor Paz EstenssoroPSITarija
Waldo Álvarez EspañaPOLa Paz
Wálter Guevara ArzePSICochabamba
Wálter Portillo???La Paz
Wálter Suárez Landívar???Santa Cruz

PL – Liberal Party
PSU – United Socialist Party
PRS – Socialist Republican Party
FPP – Popular Front of Potosí
POR – Revolutionary Workers' Party
LEC – Legion of Veterans
PO – Workers' Party
PSI – Independent Socialist Party
ind – independent