Víctor Borda


Víctor Ezequiel Borda Belzu is a Bolivian lawyer and politician. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia from January 2019 until his resignation on November 10, 2019 due to the political crisis in Bolivia. He is a deputy for the 34th constituency of the Movement for Socialism in the Potosí Department.

Political career

Borda was born on June 12, 1970 in the city of Potosí. He began his primary studies in 1976, leaving high school in his hometown in 1987.
He was part of the Constituent Assembly, executive of the University Confederation of Bolivia and the Local University Federation. He was head of the MAS bench in Deputies.
In January 2019 he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies for the period 2019-2020 replacing Gabriela Montaño.
On April 9, he assumed the presidency of Bolivia on an interim basis for 24 hours when Evo Morales was visiting Asia.
On November 9, 2019, a group of people in the city of Potosí set fire to his home.
On November 10, 2019 he announced his resignation to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies after his brother was taken hostage "I am very sorry that my brother was taken hostage, please stop violence stop violence," he said, urging that the life of his brother be respected, who would have been taken hostage in the city of Potosí. He was replaced by Susana Rivero who on November 12 was a refugee at the Mexican embassy in La Paz but had not submitted her resignation.