Samuel Plata
Samuel Plata | |
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 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz circumscription 22 | |
| In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
| Substitute | Domitila Flores |
| Preceded by | Víctor Márquez |
| Succeeded by | Rubén Chambi[α] |
| Constituency | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Plata Plata 9 November 1970 Movement for Socialism |
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Samuel Plata Plata (born 9 November 1970) is a Bolivian auto mechanic and politician who served as a member of the
Early life and career
Samuel Plata was born on 9 November 1970, one of ten children born to Daniel Plata and Manuela Plata, a peasant family native to
As a teenager, Plata moved to El Alto, where he studied to become an auto mechanic. He practiced that profession at various workshops in the city and did maintenance on heavy machinery for private companies. During this time, Plata became active in local community leadership, participating in events and meetings convened by the Villa Exaltación neighborhood council. By age 17, Plata had risen to become the organization's secretary of relations.[2]
Even as Plata's presence in El Alto grew, he maintained links to his indigenous community, collaborating with social organizations to organize sporting events and other activities for the town. Over time, Plata's visits became more frequent, and by 2003, he had re-settled in Chuncarcota, where he was elected president of the town's school board. The following year, Plata was named mallku, an indigenous authority charged with leading and representing the community before the municipal government and other institutions. By 2005, Plata had risen to become jach'a mallku cantonal, the highest indigenous authority of the sector, representing the three ayllus that make up the Urinsaya Marka.[3][β]
Chamber of Deputies
Election
In the leadup to the 2009 general election, Plata was put forward by his community to run for the region's seat in the
Tenure
Once in the
Commission assignments
- Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission
- Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission
Electoral history
| Year | Office | Party | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||
| 2009 | Deputy | Movement for Socialism
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45,758 | 88.41% | 1st | Won | [15] | |
| Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas | ||||||||
References
Notes
- ^ Redistribution; circumscription 19.
- suyus (provinces) made up of markas (regions), agglomerations of multiple autonomous ayllus, the collective landholdings of the Aymara. They are represented by a mallku (traditional leader) elected through usos y costumbres.[4] The San Andrés de Machaca Municipality is divided into two markas: Aransaya and Urinsaya, each one made up of three ayllus.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 124.
- ^ a b Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 201.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, pp. 201–202; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 462.
- ^ Weinberg, Bill (2 September 2010). "Beyond Extraction: An Interview With Rafael Quispe". NACLA Report on the Americas. New York City: Routledge for the North American Congress on Latin America. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Soliz & Fernández 2014, p. 16.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 202; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 462.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 202; Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 124, 307–320.
- ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 462.
- ^ "TSE ordena inhabilitar candidatura de legisladores" [TSE Orders Disqualification of Legislators' Candidacies]. Opinión (in Spanish). Cochabamba. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 29 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Diputado del MAS propone ley para suspender a vocales del TSE" [MAS Deputy Proposes Bill to Suspend Members of the TSE]. hoybolivia.com (in Spanish). 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 307, 311.
- ^ "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 320.
- ^ "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
Bibliography
- Gonzales Salas, Inés, ed. (2013). Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; OCLC 876429743.
- OCLC 1050945993 – via ResearchGate.
- Soliz Tito, Lorenzo; Fernández Blacutt, Andrea, eds. (2014). Jóvenes rurales: Una aproximación a su problemática y perspectivas en seis regiones de Bolivia (PDF) (in Spanish). La Paz: OCLC 903092472.
- 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 Calaméo.
External links
- Parliamentary profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish).
