Government
The chief executive office of Bolivia departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the President of Bolivia. Beni currently has an interim governor, Haysen Ribera Leigue, who was selected by the Departmental Legislative Assembly on 16 December 2011. Governor Ernesto Suárez Sattori, who was elected on 4 April 2010, was suspended following his indictment for irregular expenditures related to a power plant in San Borja, Beni, in compliance with a Bolivian legal mandate that indicted officials may not continue to serve. An elected replacement for the governor will be chosen in a special election on 20 January 2013.
| Date Began | Date Ended | Prefect/Governor | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2006 | 30 Aug 2007 | Ernesto Suárez Sattori | PODEMOS | First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005 |
| 4 Jan 2010 | 30 May 2010 | Clemente Clemente Sanjinés | Interim; final prefect | |
| 30 May 2010 | 16 November 2011 | Ernesto Suárez Sattori | Beni First | Elected in regional election on 4 April; first governor. Suspended under indictment. |
| 16 November 2011 | Haysen Ribera Leigue | MNR* | Chosen as interim governor by the Departmental Legislative Assembly, supported by the MNR and MAS-IPSP. | |
| Sources: worldstatesmen.org. *MNR members of the Departmental Legislative Assembly, including Ribera have been derecognized by the party since joining the MAS majority in 2010. | ||||
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