Martha Poma
Martha Poma | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2012 | |
Senator for La Paz | |
In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
Substitute | Víctor Castro |
Preceded by | Luis Vásquez |
Succeeded by | Jorge Choque |
Personal details | |
Born | Martha Poma Luque 19 November 1964 Movement for Socialism (2006–present) |
Other political affiliations | Integrative Social Autonomy (2004) |
Occupation |
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Martha Poma Luque (born 19 November 1964) is a Bolivian politician, trade unionist, and textile artisan who served as senator for La Paz from 2010 to 2015.
Born in highland
Following an unsuccessful campaign for a seat on the
Early life and career
Early life and education
Martha Poma was born on 19 November 1964 in
Poma spent her youth between the city and the countryside. Her family practiced
Career and trade unionism
Like her parents, Poma worked as a
Poma also held local civic positions as chair of her son's
Chamber of Senators
Election
Poma ran for a seat on the El Alto Municipal Council in 2004 as part of a slate of candidates presented by Integrative Social Autonomy (ASI), a minor political front. The 2004 municipal elections were the first to allow local political organizations to compete, and many groups were formed to contest it; in El Alto, the field was especially crowded. Most smaller contenders saw disappointing showings: Poma – who headlined ASI's list of substitute councillors – was not elected, as ASI won no seats.[10]
Poma ran again for public office in 2006, this time with a more established front: the governing
Tenure
Poma was the first indigenous chola and co-second woman[β] to represent La Paz in the Senate.[16] Following the accession of senator René Martínez to the presidency of the Senate, Poma was voted to replace him as first vice president,[17] making her the first indigenous woman to serve on the upper chamber's governing directorate.[18]
In office, Poma's legislative priorities centered on the needs of her
On occasion, Poma's sectoral loyalties transcended partisan affiliation. In one notable instance, Poma was the lone ruling party senator to oppose a bill providing limited
In keeping with the MAS's general practice of rotating out its incumbent representatives in favor of new cadres, Poma was not nominated for reelection in 2014, concluding her legislative service after just one term.[10] She was briefly placed in contention for the El Alto mayoralty when the party was analyzing running a woman in the 2015 election.[23] Former minister Mabel Monje won out there before it was ultimately decided to re-nominate incumbent Edgar Patana ,[24] who went on to lose reelection.[25]
Commission assignments
- Chamber of Senators Directorate (First Vice President: 2010–2012)[26][27]
- State Security, Armed Forces, and Bolivian Police Commission
- Plural Economy, Production, Industry, and Industrialization Commission (President: 2012–2013, 2014–2015)[30][31]
- Plural Economy, Productive Development, Public Works, and Infrastructure Committee (Secretary: 2010)[32]
Electoral history
Year | Office | Party | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||
2004 | Councillor | Integrative Social Autonomy | 2,929 | 1.09% | 6th | Lost | [33][γ] | |
2006 | Constituent
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Movement for Socialism
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558,886 | 63.82% | 1st | Lost | [34][γ] | |
2009 | Senator | Movement for Socialism
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1,099,259 | 80.28% | 1st | Won | [35][γ] | |
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas |
References
Notes
- ^ Poma's exact place of birth is unclear. One source cites Chojñapata,[1] while another names the nearby village of Chiñaja.[2] Both settlements form the namesake of the Chojñapata Chiñaja Canton.
- ^ After Ana María Flores; alongside Ana María Romero, who took office at the same time.
- ^ a b c Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
Footnotes
- ^ Nuevo Estado 2013, p. 19.
- ^ a b La Prensa 2011.
- ^ La Prensa 2011; Nuevo Estado 2013, p. 19.
- ^ La Prensa 2011; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 449; Nuevo Estado 2013, p. 19.
- ^ a b Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 449.
- ^ Página Siete 2012; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 449.
- ^ La Prensa 2011; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 449.
- ^ Nuevo Estado 2013, p. 19; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 463.
- ^ Página Siete 2012.
- ^ a b c d Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 463.
- ^ Página Siete 2012; Nuevo Estado 2013, p. 19.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, pp. 449–450; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 463.
- ^ El Diario 2006, p. 1; Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 90–91, 463.
- ^ El Alto Digital 2009; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 450; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 463.
- ^ La Prensa 2009.
- ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 233, 462–463, 518–519.
- ^ La Patria 2010, p. 1.
- ^ Fundación Periodismo 2022.
- ^ Los Tiempos 2011; La Razón 2012.
- ^ Opinión 2012.
- ^ El Día 2011.
- ^ La Palabra del Beni 2011, p. 16; La Patria 2011, p. 1.
- ^ Radio Pachamama 2014a; Radio Pachamama 2014b.
- ^ Noticias Fides 2014.
- ^ El Compadre 2015, p. 5.
- ^ Prensa Senado 2010a.
- ^ Opinión 2011, p. 5.
- ^ Prensa Senado 2013.
- ^ Prensa Senado 2010b.
- ^ Prensa Senado 2012.
- ^ Prensa Senado 2014.
- ^ El Diario 2010.
- ^ Atlas Electoral 2004.
- ^ Atlas Electoral 2006.
- ^ Atlas Electoral 2009.
Works cited
Online and list sources
- "Comisiones y Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2010–2011". El Diario (in Spanish). La Paz. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- "Comisiones y Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2010–2011". senado.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- "Comisiones y Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2012–2013". senado.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "Comisiones y Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2013–2014". senado.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- "Comisiones y Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2014–2015". senado.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- "Directiva Camaral: Gestión Legislativa 2010–2011". senado.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "Directiva Camaral: Gestión Legislativa 2011–2012". Opinión (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 21 January 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 17 July 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
- "Elecciones Municipales 2004 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "Elecciones Constituyentes 2006 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "Nómina de candidatos a constituyentes por el departamento de La Paz". El Diario (in Spanish). La Paz. 9 April 2006. p. 1. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
Digital and print publications
- "Artesanos logran ley después de 26 años de peregrinaje" [Artisans Achieve Law After 26 Years of Negotiations]. Opinión (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- Choque, Freddy Grover (21 May 2011). "Martha Poma: 'Regularizar chutos dará paso al reingreso libre de la ropa usada'" [Martha Poma: "Regularizing 'Chutos' Will Give Way to the Free Entry of Contraband Clothing"]. La Prensa (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- "Edgar Patana es el candidato para la alcaldía de El Alto por el MAS" [Edgar Patana Is the MAS's Candidate for the El Alto Mayoralty] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- Farfán, Williams (9 November 2012). "Evo promulga la Ley de Promoción del Artesano" [Evo Signs Artisanry Promotion Law]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "FEJUVE y COR alteñas eligieron candidatos uninominales para el MAS" [El Alto FEJUVE and COR Elect the MAS's Single-Member Candidates]. El Alto Digital (in Spanish). 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- "Histórico: El MAS busca a una mujer para candidata alcaldesa para El Alto" [Historic: The MAS Looks for a Woman to Be the Mayoral Candidate in El Alto]. Radio Pachamama (in Spanish). El Alto. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "Lucio Marca afirma que Evo aplazó a Patana y pidió una candidata" [Lucio Marca Affirms That Evo Sidelined Patana and Asked for a Female Candidate]. Radio Pachamama (in Spanish). El Alto. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "El MAS controla el legislativo con 2/3" [The MAS Controls 2/3 of the Legislature]. La Prensa (in Spanish). La Paz. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- Ortiz, Rudy (28 May 2011). "Amnistía: Senado aprobó legalizar vehículos indocumentados" [Amnesty: Senate Approves Legalization of Undocumented Vehicles]. El Día (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- Peralta, Pablo (1 October 2012). "Martha Poma: De artesana pasó a ocupar una senaduría en la Asamblea" [Martha Poma: From Artisan to Occupying a Seat in the Senate]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via FMBolivia.
- Quenallata, Claudia (21 March 2022). Cusicanqui, Patricia (ed.). "Senadora Quispe: 'A mí me tocó dejar los estudios por ser mujer y por falta de recursos'" [Senator Quispe: "I Had to Drop Out Because I Was a Woman and Because I Lacked Money"]. fundacionperiodismo.org (in Spanish). La Paz: Fundación para el Periodismo. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- "René Martínez elegido presidente titular de la Cámara de Senadores" [René Martínez Elected President of the Chamber of Senators]. La Patria (in Spanish). Oruro. 2 November 2010. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "Senadora del MAS rechaza legalización de autos chutos" [MAS Senator Rejects Legalization of Chutos]. La Palabra del Beni (in Spanish). Trinidad. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 28 May 2011. p. 16. Retrieved 14 July 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
- "Senadora del MAS teme que ahora los 'ropavejeros' pidan ley de excepción" [MAS Senator Fears That Now the "Ropavejeros" Will Demand an Amnesty Law]. La Patria (in Spanish). Oruro. 28 May 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "Senadoras y senadores del Estado Plurinacional: Martha Poma Luque" [Senators of the Plurinational State: Martha Poma Luque]. Nuevo Estado (in Spanish). Vol. 2, no. 4. La Paz. November 2013. p. 19. Retrieved 14 July 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
- "Senado retoma tratamiento del Proyecto de Ley Artesanal" [Senate Takes Back Up Artisanry Bill]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "La Sole le quita su bastión al MAS pero necesita alianzas" [La Sole Flips MAS Stronghold but Needs Alliances]. El Compadre (in Spanish). El Alto. 30 March 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
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.
- OCLC 1050945993 – via the Internet Archive.
External links
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- Parliamentary profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish).
- Parliamentary profile Chamber of Senators (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2014.