41 Notable alumni of Higher University of San Andres
Updated: May 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Higher University of San Andres is ranked #2,353 in the world and #1 in Bolivia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Higher University of San Andres sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Higher University of San Andres won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Belisario Salinas
1833-1893 (aged 60)
lawyer
politician
Belisario Salinas Belzu was a Bolivian lawyer, teacher, and politician who served as the fifth vice president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1884. He served as second vice president alongside first vice president Aniceto Arce during the administration of Narciso Campero.
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2. Elías Blanco Mamani
1962-. (aged 64)
journalist
writer
Elías Blanco Mamani is a Bolivian journalist, writer, and prolific biographer whose works include the Bolivian Cultural Dictionary which has compiled information on the lives of over 2000 poets, novelists, writers, and other protagonists of Bolivian cultural history. He is the founder and operator of the editorial and museum El Aparapita in La Paz.
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3. Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
1973-. (aged 53)
ethnobotanist
botanist
Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana is a Bolivian ethnobotanist. She investigates the use and protection of traditional knowledge of plants in indigenous communities, particularly in the Bolivian Andes. She is currently an Associated Researcher at the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andres in Bolivia. Her goal is giving them the knowledge to participate in decision-making on...
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4. Arturo von Vacano
1938-2019 (aged 81)
journalist
writer
Arturo von Vacano was a Bolivian novelist and journalist. He wrote fiction in the 1970s and 1980s during periods of military dictatorship. He died in the Washington, D.C., area in December 2019, a month before his eighty-second birthday.
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5. Julián Montellano
1900-1989 (aged 89)
lawyer
politician
Julián V. Montellano Carrasco was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 25th vice president of Bolivia from 1945 to 1946 under Gualberto Villarroel.
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6. Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gomez
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
economist
Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gómez is a Bolivian economist, former university official, politician, and former Minister of Education from 2008 until 2019, when Evo Morales resigned. Aguilar served as docent, general secretary, and rector in the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz. In 2006, he was elected as a plurinominal member of the Bolivian Constituent Assembly for the Movement...
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7. Mario Guillén
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Mario Alberto Guillén Suárez is a Bolivian industrial engineer, lawyer, and politician who served as Minister of Economy and Public Finance from 2017 to 2019 during the administration of Evo Morales. Prior, he was Vice Minister of Pensions and Financial Services from 2009 to 2017 and served as the general manager of the Union Bank in 2019.
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8. Fernando Huanacuni Mamani
1966-. (aged 60)
researcher
lawyer
politician
Fernando Huanacuni Mamani is a Bolivian politician, lawyer and researcher. He served as the Foreign Minister of Bolivia from 2017 to 2018.
9. Elizabeth Salguero
1964-. (aged 62)
writer
journalist
diplomat
politician
Elizabeth Cristina Salguero Carrillo is a Bolivian diplomat, journalist, politician, and women's rights activist who served as minister of cultures from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she previously served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz from 2006 to 2009. In 2009, she was elected as a substitute party-list member...
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10. Ximena Bedregal Sáez
1953-. (aged 73)
architect
writer
journalist
Ximena Bedregal Sáez is a Chilean-Bolivian architect, writer, theoretician, professor, editor, photographer, and feminist lesbian. In Mexico, she founded Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Apoyo a la Mujer (CICAM; Centre for Research, Training and Support of Women), and edited its magazine, La Correa Feminista.
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11. Ana Lucía Reis
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Ana Lucía Reis is a Bolivian politician, Mayor of Cobija, and owner of an ecological hotel. She is affiliated with the Movement for Socialism (MAS). She started her career as a Congressional deputy representing the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, elected in 2002, but changed to the MAS in 2005 and was re-elected for this party. She won the 2010 mayoral election...
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12. Mónica Rey Gutiérrez
1964-. (aged 62)
activist
professor
politician
Adalberta Mónica Rey Gutiérrez is an Afro-Bolivian cultural leader and activist whose anthropological research helped pass legislation for formal recognition of Afro-Bolivians as an ethnic category in the census of the country. After serving as an educator and cultural activist for many years, she went to work in the government. She is currently a supranational delegate in the Plurinational Legislative...
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13. Bertha Acarapi
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
radio personality
model
film actor
politician
Bertha Beatriz Acarapi is a Bolivian politician and former television presenter serving as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she previously served as an El Alto municipal councillor from 2000 to 2004 on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement and from 2004 to 2010 on behalf...
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14. Héctor Enrique Arce Zaconeta
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Héctor Enrique Arce Zaconeta is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, who served as the Attorney General of Bolivia. He served as a Member of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014, representing La Paz for the Movement for Socialism.
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15. Ana Teresa Morales
1959-. (aged 67)
docent
economist
consultant
Ana Teresa Morales Olivera is a Bolivian economist, professor, and politician. She was the Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy of Bolivia from 23 January 2011, to 23 January 2015, during the second government of President Evo Morales Ayma.
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16. Jaime Aparicio Otero
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
lawyer
journalist
Jaime Aparicio Otero is the Bolivian Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and was Bolivian Agent to the International Court of Justice, in the Hague, in the process against Chile related to the Silala waters. Ambassador Aparicio is a career diplomat, lawyer, journalist and a Washington-based legal and political advisor. He was also a political analyst working in...
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17. Verónica Ramos
politician
economist
Ana Verónica Ramos Morales is a Bolivian economist, university professor, and former general manager of the Productive Development Bank. She was the Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy of Bolivia from January 2015 to January 2017, during the third government of President Evo Morales.
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18. Nila Heredia
1943-. (aged 83)
physician
human rights defender
politician
Nila Heredia Miranda is a former medical school anatomy professor and administrator, former leftist militant, and Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports, a position she has occupied twice.
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19. Teresa Gisbert Carbonell
1926-2018 (aged 92)
researcher
restorer
art historian
architect
Teresa Gisbert Carbonell de Mesa was a Bolivian architect and art historian. She specialized in the history of the Andean region.
20. Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz
1923-1996 (aged 73)
politician
Ñuflo Chávez Ortiz was a Bolivian lawyer and politician. He was 28th vice president of Bolivia during the first Government of Hernán Siles Zuazo since August 1956 till he resigned in 1957. He was one of the founders of MNR (National Revolutionary Movement), along with Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Wálter Guevara Arze, Carlos Montenegro, Germán Monroy Block and Lidia Gueiler Tejada,...
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21. Pablo Ramos
1937-2021 (aged 84)
politician
economist
Pablo Ramos Sánchez was a Bolivian economist, writer, rector and university professor. He was the last Prefect (interim) of La Paz Department from August 10, 2008 to May 29, 2010 during the first government of President Evo Morales Ayma. He was also the President of the Central Bank of Bolivia from 3 January 2017 to 17 December 2019.
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22. Luciano Durán Böger
1904-1996 (aged 92)
poet
writer
journalist
Luciano Durán Böger was a Bolivian poet, writer and politician. Son of Luciano Duran Pérez and Aurora Böger Rivero, was born in 1904 in Santa Ana, capital of the Yacuma province of the Department of Beni in Bolivia, and died in 1996 in the city of La Paz.
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23. Félix Patzi
1967-. (aged 59)
lawyer
politician
Félix Patzi Paco is a Bolivian academic and politician. He was the governor of the La Paz Department from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Aymara ethnic group, he has been active in supporting indigenous movements in Bolivia.
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24. Jorge Sanjinés
1936-. (aged 90)
screenwriter
writer
film director
Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo is a Bolivian film director and screenwriter. He founded the production group Grupo Ukamau. He won the ALBA Prize for Arts in 2009.
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25. Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde is a Bolivian indigenous rights activist and politician who served as the 35th vice president of Bolivia from 1993 to 1997. He is the first Aymara vice president, and the second-highest-ranking indigenous official in Bolivian history, after Evo Morales.
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26. Freddy Mamani
1971-. (aged 55)
bricklayer
architect
civil engineer
Freddy Mamani Silvestre is a Bolivian self-taught architect noted for his development of the Neo-Andean architectural style. His work is most associated with the city of El Alto and with the new social class of upwardly mobile indigenous Bolivians.
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27. Jorge Medina
1968-2022 (aged 54)
civil rights advocate
composer
politician
Jorge Medina Barra was a Bolivian civil rights activist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing its special indigenous circumscription from 2010 to 2015.
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28. Carlos Romero Bonifaz
1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer
writer
politician
Carlos Gustavo Romero Bonifaz is a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as minister of government from 2012 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Movement for Socialism, Romero previously served as minister of the presidency from 2011 to 2012, as minister of autonomies from 2009 to 2011, and as minister of rural development from 2008...
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29. Néstor Guillén
1890-1966 (aged 76)
lawyer
judge
politician
Néstor Guillén Olmos was a Bolivian judge, lawyer, and politician who served as the 40th president of Bolivia from July to August 1946.
30. Luis Revilla
1972-. (aged 54)
lawyer
politician
Luis "Lucho" Revilla is a Bolivian politician who has been the mayor of La Paz since 31 May 2010, succeeding Juan del Granado. Before becoming mayor, he worked over ten years for the city. He is married to Maricruz Ribera.
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31. Soledad Chapetón
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Carmen Soledad Chapetón Tancara is a Bolivian politician with expertise in pedagogy. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of El Alto, a post she held from 31 May 2015 through 3 May 2021.
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32. Wilma Alanoca
1978-. (aged 48)
television journalist
radio journalist
minister
politician
Antonia Wilma Alanoca Mamani is a Bolivian journalist, politician, and television presenter who served as minister of cultures and tourism from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she previously served an El Alto municipal councilor from 2015 to 2017, a position she returned to in 2021.
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33. Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
1931-1980 (aged 49)
politician
writer
journalist
Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz was a noted writer, dramatist, journalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia. In 1964 Marcelo won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his novel Los Deshabitados.
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34. Alcides Arguedas
1879-1946 (aged 67)
historiographer
writer
historian
diplomat
politician
Alcides Arguedas Díaz was a Bolivian writer and historian. His literary work, which had a profound influence on the Bolivian social thought in the first half of the twentieth century, addresses issues related to national identity, miscegenation, and indigenous affairs. His most significant work, Raza de bronce ("Bronze Race") (1919), is considered one of the most influential Bolivian literary works...
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35. Ismael Montes Gamboa
1861-1933 (aged 72)
lawyer
politician
Ismael Montes Gamboa was a Bolivian general and political figure who served as the 26th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1904 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1917. He was a member of the Liberal Party. During his first term, the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Chile was signed on 20 October 1904.
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36. Augusto Céspedes Patzi
1904-1997 (aged 93)
writer
novelist
politician
short story writer
journalist
Augusto Céspedes Patzi was a Bolivian writer, politician, diplomat, and journalist. He was the brother-in-law of writer Carlos Montenegro.
37. Felipe Quispe
1942-2021 (aged 79)
trade unionist
politician
Felipe Quispe Huanca "Mallku", (22 August 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Bolivian historian and political leader. He headed the Pachakuti Indigenous Movement (MIP) and was general secretary of the United Union Confederation of Working Peasants of Bolivia (CSUTCB).
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38. Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
1949-. (aged 77)
historian
sociologist
university teacher
writer
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui is a Bolivian feminist, sociologist, historian, and subaltern theorist. She is emeritus Professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, Bolivia, where she taught Sociology for over thirty years. She draws upon anarchist theory as well as Quechua and Aymara cosmologies. She is a former director and longtime member of the Taller de Historia...
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39. Luis Arce
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
economist
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian former politician, banker, and economist who served as the 67th president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025. A member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), he previously served as minister of finance—later minister of economy and public finance—from 2006 to 2017, and in 2019.
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40. Carlos Mesa
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
writer
historian
journalist
vice president
Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005. As an independent politician, he had previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the...
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41. Víctor Paz Estenssoro
1907-2001 (aged 94)
lawyer
politician
Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and 1985 to 1989. He ran for president eight times (1947, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1985) and was victorious in 1951, 1960, 1964 and 1985. His 1951...
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