Betty Tejada

Betty Tejada
Official portrait, 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 18 January 2013 – 21 January 2014
Preceded by	Rebeca Delgado
Succeeded by	Marcelo Elío
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz
In office 22 January 2010 – 2 January 2015
Substitute	Mauro Peña
Preceded by	Alejandro Colanzi
Succeeded by	Eliane Capobianco
Constituency	Party list
In office 2 August 2002 – 22 January 2006
Substitute	Eduardo Prudencio
Preceded by	Helen Hayes
Succeeded by	Arminda Méndez
Constituency	Party list
Substitute Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz
In office 6 August 1997 – 2 August 2002
Deputy	Roberto Landívar
Preceded by	Neptaly Mendoza
Succeeded by	Mary Rocabado
Constituency	Party list
Personal details
Born	Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco (1959-06-05) 5 June 1959 (age 64) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Political party	Movement for Socialism (after 2005)
Other political affiliations	New Republican Force (before 2004)
Spouse	Ramón Prada
Children	María Nela María Cecilia María Laura
Alma mater	Higher University of San Andrés
Occupation	Ecologist lawyer politician
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Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco (born 5 June 1959) is a Bolivian ecologist, lawyer, and politician who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2014. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she served as party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, she served in the same position from 2002 to 2006 and as a substitute party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz under Roberto Landívar from 1997 to 2002, on behalf of the right-wing populist New Republican Force.