Carlos Huallpa
Carlos Huallpa | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Mining and Metallurgy | |
| In office 18 November 2019 – 8 May 2020 | |
| President | Jeanine Áñez |
| Preceded by | César Navarro |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Vásquez Arnez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga 1976 (age 47–48) Potosí, Bolivia |
Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga (born 1976) is a Bolivian miner, union leader, and politician who served as Minister of Mining and Metallurgy from 2019 to 2020 during the interim government of Jeanine Añez.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Carlos Huallpa was born in 1976 in Potosí. He was raised in a family of five children and was the son of a miner working at the Cerro Rico.[3] In 1995, Huallpa served mandatory military service in the Bolivian Air Force in Tarija.[3] After this, he returned to Potosí and worked as a miner, finishing high school in 2002, and later becoming a mining leader of the Departmental Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Potosí.[4]
During the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, Huallpa organized a march from Potosí to La Paz to demand the resignation of President Evo Morales.[5] A demand achieved on 10 November.
Minister of Mining and Metallurgy (2019–2020)
[edit]On 18 November 2019, interim President Jeanine Áñez appointed Huallpa Minister of Mining and Metallurgy.[5] He remained in the position until 8 May 2020 when he resigned ostensibly due to health issues and personal problems.[6] However, on 5 October Huallpa claimed in an interview that he was made to resign and that he had received pressure to appoint positions in state mining institutions.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Virginia Patty y Carlos Huallpa juran como parte del gabinete de Añez". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Cooperativista potosino es el nuevo titular del Ministerio de Minería". El Potosí (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Romero Ballivián, Salvador (2019). Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios 1979 – 2019. p. 119. ISBN 978-99974-0-021-5.
- ^ Romero Ballivián, Salvador (2019). Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios 1979 – 2019. p. 120. ISBN 978-99974-0-021-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Un cooperativista de Potosí asume el Ministerio de Minería". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Ministro de Minería presenta renuncia irrevocable por temas de salud". 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Exministro de Minería dice que recibió imposiciones: "Me hicieron renunciar"". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 10 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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