José Ramiro Suárez Soruco
José Ramiro Suárez Soruco | |
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| Born | March 16, 1939 |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Former president of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) |
José Ramiro Suárez Soruco (born March 16, 1939) is a Bolivian business executive and academic researcher who was the executive president of Bolivian oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) during the government of Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé.
He has held a range of leadership and research positions throughout the southern cone, working for YPFB, the Organization of American States, and a range of companies and national governments. Since 1988 he is a member of the Bolivian National Academy of Sciences.
A widely published researcher, Suarez is an expert on paleozoic biostratigraphy, invertebrate paleontology, national parks, wild life sanctuaries, and paleoecology. Among other distinctions in 1997 he received the Robert Dott Memorial Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.