Incumbents

President:
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro (until 4 November)
President of the Military Government Junta:
- Alfredo Ovando Candía (5 November)
- René Barrientos (starting 5 November)
Vice President:
- Juan Lechín (until 6 August)
- René Barrientos (6 August – 4 November)
- Vacant (starting 4 November)

Ongoing events

31 May – General elections are held. President Paz Estenssoro is reelected two a second consecutive and third overall term.
6 August – Paz Estenssoro and Barrientos are sworn in as president and vice president, respectively.^[1]
4 November – President Paz Estenssoro is ousted in a coup d'état led by Vice President Barrientos and General Ovando Candía.^[2]
5 November – Both Barrientos and Ovando Candía are sworn in as co-chairmen of junta, but the latter is forced to resign an hour later.^[3]

12 December – Elizabeth Salguero, diplomat, journalist, politician, and women's rights activist.^[4]

^ Paz Estenssoro, Víctor (4 August 1964). "Ley Nº 0313". gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Peralta Miranda, Pablo (30 October 2014). "El golpe de 1964, la asonada que inauguró el ciclo de gobiernos militares". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Mesa Gisbert 2003, p. 247
^ Aguilar Agramont, Ricardo (9 November 2015). "Elizabeth Salguero Carrillo: De nuevo en la labor de género". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
^ Mesa Gisbert 2003, p. 648

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