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Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, won Bolivia’s presidential runoff with 54% of the vote, ending the Movement Toward Socialism party’s two-decade dominance.

Bolivia faces its worst economic crisis in decades with 23% inflation, severe dollar shortages and long fuel lines.

Paz pledges gradual free-market reforms, aiming to avoid enraging the masses with sudden change.

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator who was never a nationally prominent figure until now, won Bolivia’s presidential election Sunday, preliminary results showed, galvanizing voters outraged by the country’s economic crisis and frustrated with 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

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