{"id":"ivan-arias","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivan-arias","language":"en","name":"Iván Arias","name_en":"Iván Arias","name_ne":null,"description":"Bolivian politician (born 1958)","headline":"Bolivian politician (born 1958)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Hernán Iván Arias Durán, often referred to as El Negro, is a Bolivian politician, political analyst, and sociologist serving as mayor of La Paz since 2021. A member of For the Common Good, of which he is the leader, he previously served as minister of public works from 2019 to 2020 and vice minister of popular participation from 2001 to 2002. A specialist in decentralized public management and indigenous matters, he was the private secretary of Víctor Hugo Cárdenas, the first indigenous vice president, and was part of the team that drafted the Law of Popular Participation, which implemented municipalism in Bolivia through the direct election of local authorities.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 August 1958","date":"1958-08-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"La Paz","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1491"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Bolivia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"sociologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2306091"},{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"political analyst","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84681895"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor of La Paz (since 3 May 2021 · BS 20 Baisakh 2078 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115927905","start":"2021-05-03"},{"text":"mayor (since 2021)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"2021"},{"text":"Minister of Public Works, Services, and Housing (3 December 2019 – 6 November 2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110419037","start":"2019-12-03","end":"2020-11-06"},{"text":"Deputy of Bolivia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20081432"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Arias","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Iván Arias born?","a":"Iván Arias was born on 8 August 1958 in La Paz."},{"q":"What positions has Iván Arias held?","a":"Positions held by Iván Arias include: mayor of La Paz (since 3 May 2021); mayor (since 2021); Minister of Public Works, Services, and Housing (2019–2020); Deputy of Bolivia."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ivan-arias-431febde72.jpg","width":500,"height":724,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Municipal Government of La Paz","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hern%C3%A1n_Iv%C3%A1n_Arias_Dur%C3%A1n_(Official_Photo,_2021)_Municipal_Government_of_La_Paz._Cropped_I.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Iván Arias","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Arias","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q113370791","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113370791","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Hernán Iván Arias Durán (Official Photo, 2021) Municipal Government of La Paz. Cropped I.png by Municipal Government of La Paz (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hern%C3%A1n_Iv%C3%A1n_Arias_Dur%C3%A1n_(Official_Photo,_2021)_Municipal_Government_of_La_Paz._Cropped_I.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Iván Arias, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Hernán Iván Arias Durán (Official Photo, 2021) Municipal Government of La Paz. Cropped I.png — Municipal Government of La Paz, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Iván Arias\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ivan-arias. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T06:57:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivan-arias","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivan-arias","ne":null}}