Carmen Rodríguez (politician)

Carmen Rodríguez was born on 15 July 1949 to Carlos Rodríguez and Elena Bolaños.[1] Although born in La Paz, Rodríguez spent the majority of her childhood residing in the mining community of Quechisla, Potosí, where her father was employed as a mineworker in the service of the Quechisla Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Bolivian Mining Corporation [es]. Her mother, likewise, also worked in the mines as a rural school professor. Rodríguez received only a primary education, completing up to fifth grade as part of the first class of students to attend Quechisla's newly founded schoolhouse.^[2]

In 1965, Rodríguez left her family and moved back to La Paz to pursue

Rodríguez's entry into union activity did not occur until after she retired,^[5] an atypical circumstance, given the relative youth of most individuals who initiate trade union careers.^[6] She first joined the COTEL Retirees Federation before later becoming a member of the National Confederation of Retirees, where she focused her efforts on activities relating to social control, overseeing the work of state-run hospitals to ensure they met basic standards for her sector.^[5] By 2008, Rodríguez had risen to the position of executive of the Light, Strength, Telephones National Federation of Retirees, a position she held until early 2010.^[3]

Chamber of Deputies

Election

Further information:

Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), a pact that procured positions for affiliated members on the party's parliamentary lists.^[7] In 2009, the National Confederation of Retirees' political arm selected Rodríguez as their candidate for that year's general election, through which she acceded to a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in representation of La Paz.^[8]

Tenure

In parliament, Rodríguez's work focused on legislating from the lower chamber's Social Policy Commission. She held seats on the commission's committees for four of the five years she was in office, serving on the Social Welfare Committee for one term and on the Labor Committee for three, including chairing said body from 2012 to 2013.

non-contributory pension coverage in Bolivia reached ninety-seven percent of the retired population – the highest in the region.^[9] At the end of her term, Rodríguez was not nominated for reelection.^[3]

Commission assignments

• Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office, and Legal Defense of the State Commission
  • Ordinary Jurisdiction and Magistracy Council Committee (2013–2014)[10]
• Social Policy Commission
  • Labor and Employment Law Committee (2010–2012; Secretary: 2012–2013)^[11]
  • Social Welfare and Protection Committee (2014–2015)^[12]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Carmen Rodríguez

Year	Office	Party		Votes			Result	Ref.
				Total	%	P.
2009	Deputy		Movement for Socialism	1,099,259	80.28%	1st	Won	[13][α]
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References

Notes

1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 135.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 172.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 507.
4. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 135; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 507.
5. ^ ^{a b} Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 173.
6. ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 170.
7. ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 247, 507.
8. ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, pp. 172–173.
9. ^ BBC Mundo 2013.
10. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 312.
11. ^ Prensa Diputados 2011; Prensa Diputados 2012; Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 319.
12. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 310.
13. ^ Atlas Electoral 2009.

Works cited

Online and list sources

• "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
• "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
• "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

Digital and print publications

• Justo, Marcelo (23 October 2013). "Bolivia: Donde los jubilados están más protegidos" [Bolivia: Where Retirees Are Most Protected]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). London. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

Books and encyclopedias

• Gonzales Salas, Inés, ed. (2013). Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (in Spanish). Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL;
  OCLC 876429743 – via the Internet Archive
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• OCLC 1050945993 – via the Internet Archive
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• Vargas Luna, María Elena; Villavicencio Arancibia, Jois Sarelly, eds. (2014). Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes 2010–2015 (in Spanish). La Paz:
  OCLC 961105285 – via the Internet Archive
  .

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carmen Rodríguez.

• Parliamentary profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish).
• Biographic profile ERBOL (in Spanish).

Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia
Preceded by Félix García	Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz 2010–2015	Succeeded by Toribia Pomacusi