Rodrigo Paz Pereira

Rodrigo Paz Pereira
Senator for Tarija
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 November 2020 Serving with Nely Gallo, Gladys Alarcón Farfán, and Miguel Rejas
Substitute	Zoya Zamora
Preceded by	Marcelo Antezana
Second Vice President of the Senate
In office 4 November 2020 – 4 November 2021
President	Andrónico Rodríguez
First Vice President	Lindaura Rasguido
Preceded by	Carmen Eva Gonzales
Succeeded by	Santiago Ticona
Leader of First the People
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2019
Preceded by	Civic group established
Mayor of Tarija
In office 30 May 2015 – 24 October 2020
Preceded by	Oscar Montes
Succeeded by	Alfonso Lema
President of the Tarija Municipal Council
In office 31 May 2010 – 30 May 2015
Mayor	Oscar Montes
Preceded by	Roberto Ávila Castellanos
Succeeded by	Alfonso Lema
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Tarija
In office 22 January 2006 – 22 January 2010
Substitute	Julio Vaca Guzmán
Preceded by	Fernando Castellanos
Succeeded by	Roy Cornejo Raña
Constituency	Circumscription 46
In office 6 August 2002 – 22 January 2006
Substitute	Pedro Romero Sagredo
Preceded by	Pedro Romero Sagredo
Succeeded by	Eulalio Sánchez
Constituency	Circumscription 49
Personal details
Born	Rodrigo Paz Pereira (1967-09-22) 22 September 1967 (age 56) Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Political party	First the People (2019–present) Civic Community (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Revolutionary Left Movement (before 2006) MIR-FRI (2002–2005) Social Democratic Power (2005–2008) United to Renew (2009–2016)
Spouse	Mari Elena Urquidi
Children	Catalina Alicia Paulino Elena
Parent(s)	Jaime Paz Zamora Carmen Pereira Carballo
Education	San Ignacio School
Alma mater	American University (BIGS, MPM)

Rodrigo Paz Pereira (born 22 September 1967) is a Bolivian politician serving as senator for Tarija since 2020. A member of Civic Community, he has been the leader of the First the People civic group —the alliance's primary partner in Tarija— since 2019. As a member of United to Renew, he previously served as mayor of Tarija from 2015 to 2020 and as president of the Tarija Municipal Council from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as a uninominal member of the Chamber of Deputies from Tarija representing circumscription 46 from 2005 to 2010 and circumscription 49 from 2002 to 2006, on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement, the party of his father, former president Jaime Paz Zamora.