1st Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia


The 2010-2015 Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia was the first class of the Bolivian legislature, also known as the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, to go by that name. The Assembly was controlled in both houses by the governing Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), elected with a 2/3 supermajority, although some members later separated themselves from the majority. Just four incumbent members of the 2005-2010 Congress returned: Deputy Antonio Franco; Deputy Javier Zabaleta ; Senator René Martínez, who was a deputy; and Senator Róger Pinto, previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.
The Assembly was elected as part of general elections on 9 December 2009. After the votes were counted, party strengths in Congress were as follows:
As part of a break between the MAS-IPSP and its ally the Without Fear Movement, the latter party's four deputies, elected on the MAS slate pledged in late March 2010, "to act in accord with our political identity, with our conscience, and with the people who elected us with their vote." Consequently, MAS-IPSP had 84 members in the Chambers of Deputies, while the MSM has four. However, two MSM deputies re-affiliated with the MAS-IPSP. In late 2011, at least five indigenous deputies distanced themselves from the MAS-IPSP and announced the formation of an Indigenous Bloc in the Assembly, independent of the MAS. While the Assembly's leadership has yet to officially recognize these two defections, the MAS now controls less than two-thirds of all Assembly seats.

Senate

The latest President of the Senate, elected on 19 January 2010 and serving until her death on 26 October of that year, was Ana María Romero de Campero. Romero had been on medical leave since February 2010, and René Martínez served as interim President in her absence. Martínez was confirmed as Senate President on 1 November. Martha Poma Luque was elected the same day to serve as Vice President of the Senate, the first woman de pollera to hold that office. Seventeen of 36 members of the Senate are women. The 26-member MAS-IPSP majority includes all four senators from La Paz, Oruro, and Potosí; three senators from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca; and two senators from each of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, and Tarija.
Romero's substitute, Javier Hurtado Mercado, served as senator in her place, but resigned 15 May 2010. Her seat was filled by Mary Constancia Medina Zabaleta, the substitute for Eugenio Rojas.
DepartmentSenatorParty
ChuquisacaRené Óscar Martínez CallahuancaMAS
ChuquisacaNélida Sifuentes CuetoMAS
ChuquisacaDavid Sánchez HerediaMAS
ChuquisacaLuis Gerald Ortiz AlbaPPB
La PazMary Constancia Medina Zabaleta
formerly: Ana María Romero
MAS
La PazEugenio Rojas ApazaMAS
La PazMartha Poma LuqueMAS
La PazFidel Andrés Surco CañasacaMAS
CochabambaGonzalo Adolfo Ramón Mendoza LeigueMAS
CochabambaMarcelina Chavez SalazarMAS
CochabambaJulio SalazarMAS
CochabambaBernard Osvaldo Gutiérrez SanzPPB
OruroSandra Lilian Soriano BascopéMAS
OruroAndrés Agustín Villca DazaMAS
OruroRoxana Camargo FernándezMAS
OruroMario Choque GutiérrezMAS
PotosíEduardo Humberto Maldonado IporreMAS
PotosíCarmen García MamaniMAS
PotosíEfraín Condori LópezMAS
PotosíClementina Garnica CruzMAS
TarijaRhina Aguirre AmezagaMAS
TarijaJuan Enrique Jurado RuizMAS
TarijaMarcelo Eulogio Antezana RuizPPB
TarijaMaria Elena Mendez LeonPPB
Santa CruzLilly Gabriela Montaño ViañaMAS
Santa CruzIsaac Ávalos CuchalloMAS
Santa CruzGermán Antelo VacaPPB
Santa CruzCenta Lothy Rek LópezPPB
BeniFreddy Bersatti TudelaMAS
BeniZonia Guardia MelgarMAS
BeniCarlos Alberto Sonnenschein AnteloPPB
BeniJeanine Áñez ChávezPPB
PandoManuel Limachi QuispeMAS
PandoMirtha Da Costa FerreiraMAS
PandoRoger Pinto MolinaPPB
PandoCarmen Eva Gonzales LafuentePPB

Commissions

The Senate has ten legislative commissions, each with two subordinate committees, whose leadership is chosen annually. Their current leadership, chosen on 2 February 2011, is as follows:

Chamber of Deputies

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, elected on 19 January 2010, is Héctor Arce. 33 of 130 deputies are women. Four parties elected deputies, the MAS-IPSP holds 88; the Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence holds 37; the National Unity Front has 3; and Social Alliance holds 2. Sixty-nine seats were elected by individual districts ; 53 were elected from lists provided by each party in each department, with the number of such deputies determined by population ; and seven were elected by minority indigenous peoples in the seven of the country's departments. Altogether, 41 of the deputies were indigenous, including 9 women.
DepartmentCircumscriptionPartySenatorSubstitute
ChuquisacaPlurinominalMASMarianela Paco DuránJuan Carlos Apaza Macías
ChuquisacaPlurinominalMASEfraín Balderas ChávezMarylin Partes Amachuy
ChuquisacaPlurinominalMASFlora Aguilar FernándezRodolfo Avilés Ayma
ChuquisacaPlurinominalPPBRené Vidal LeónVirginia Segundina Ramírez Vedia
ChuquisacaPlurinominalPPBArminda Epifania Morales CalvimontesJaime Delgadillo Velásquez
ChuquisacaC. 01PPBJuan Luis Gantier ZeladaClaudia Evelyn Ampuero Padilla
ChuquisacaC. 02PPBPedro Medrano ReyesNo Substitute
ChuquisacaC. 03MASEliseo Sesgo MostacedoLaura Reyna Zarate
ChuquisacaC. 04MASJuan Barriga MonteroAna Rodas Cuéllar
ChuquisacaC. 05MASCarlos Aparicio VediaVicenta Zabala Rentería
ChuquisacaC. 06MASIrineo Condori CarlosEsperanza Guevara
La PazPlurinominalMASHéctor Enrique Arcé ZaconetaAdelia Álvarez
La PazPlurinominalMASGilda Alcira Oporto BarrozoEmilio Ruffo Rocha
La PazPlurinominalMASWilfredo Calani ChoqueMaria Alanoca
La PazPlurinominalMASCarmen Leonor Rodríguez BolañosElias Quelca Mamani
La PazPlurinominalMASJorge Adalberto Choquetarqui JahuircataPaulina Rodríguez Huaras
La PazPlurinominalMASPatricia Mancilla MartínezAntonio Eliseo Suxo Suxo
La PazPlurinominalMASRodolfo Calle IncaMaribel Teresa Vargas Sarabia
La PazPlurinominalMASJulia FigueredoEufrén Carlos Troche Jiménez
La PazPlurinominalMASDonato Rubén Callisaya MaytaLidia Paucara Mancilla
La PazPlurinominalPPBAlejandro Northon Zapata AvendañoBlanca Constancia Gonzales Ríos
La PazPlurinominalPPBAna María SempérteguiAndrés Rolando Ortega Tarifa
La PazPlurinominalUNRita Elisabet Reyes LimpiasWilly Aguilar Febrero
La PazPlurinominalUNJaime Rolando Navarro TardíoFlora Oyardo Mamani
La PazC. 07MASSamuel Domingo Pamuri MamaniBenancia Gutiérrez Flores
La PazC. 08MASJavier Eduardo Zavaleta LópezGabriela Rosario Medina Garrón
La PazC. 09MSMFabian II Yaksic FeraudyBasilia Victoria Quispe
La PazC. 10MSMMiriam Marcela Revollo QuirogaJosé Ángel Callao Jimenes
La PazC. 11MASOsvaldo Guillermo Torrez ArisacaFelicidad Suazo
La PazC. 13MASBenedicta GarcíaRogelio Maydana Apaza
La PazC. 14MASLucio Marca MamaniCarol Mireya Montaño Rocha
La PazC. 15MASRoberto Rojas HerreraEnriqueta Villarroel Poma
La PazC. 16MASHugo Mujica AguilarCarmen Susana Tellería Quispe
La PazC. 17MASLucio Huaycho NinaEvarista María Mayta
La PazC. 18MASJavier Adelio Paucara LlojllaPastora Jove
La PazC. 19MASDavid Quispe BalboaGenara Julia Quisbert Cuentas
La PazC. 20MASQuintín Quispe ChuraMercedes Mamani Tristán
La PazC. 21MASMartín Quispe JuliánMaría Tupa Lovera
La PazC. 22MASSamuel Plata PlataDomitila Alcira Flores Cortez
La PazIndigenous 2MASJorge Medina BarraBlanca Marilin Cartagena Chuqui
CochabambaPlurinominalMASRebeca Elvira DelgadoSamuel Pereira Ágreda
CochabambaPlurinominalMASJosé Raúl Alborta SilesNora Revollo Balderrama
CochabambaPlurinominalMASCecilia Luisa AyllónSaúl Limbert Garabito Condori
CochabambaPlurinominalMASJavier Adrián Santiváñez CamachoCinda Romero
CochabambaPlurinominalMASIbonne Daysi Luna ZeballosNéstor Rivera Solís
CochabambaPlurinominalPPBMauricio Ramiro Arturo Muñoz EncinasGladys Blanca Prieto Moreira
CochabambaPlurinominalPPBNorma Alicia PiérolaApolinar Rivera Muñoz
CochabambaPlurinominalPPBJosé Hernán Paredes SánchezXimena Nevenca Grágeda Orellana
CochabambaC. 12MASOmar Velasco PérezCresencia Alberta Padilla Flores
CochabambaC. 23PPBDavid Ángel Mejía GarecaNeyva Paola Irma Zapata Montaño
CochabambaC. 24PPBJavier Alex Orozco RosasMaría Alejandra Prado Richter
CochabambaC. 25MASJuan Carlos Claros RodríguezNatividad Choque Laura
CochabambaC. 26MASEvaristo Peñaloza AlejoWilma Alejandrina Quiroz Mercado
CochabambaC. 27MASEugenio Luna QuintanaMiguelina Villarroel Lafuente
CochabambaC. 28MASJosé Félix Mendieta VillarroelMarcelina Villarroel Marín
CochabambaC. 29MASEsteban Ramírez TorricoOlivia Reyes García
CochabambaC. 30MASNelson Virreira MenecesJuliana Mamani
CochabambaC. 31MASPedro Gutiérrez CruzRoberta Tinta Quiroga
CochabambaIndigenous 3MASEleuterio Guzmán ZeladaLuisa Guaguasu Isategua
OruroPlurinominalMASFreddy German Huayta VelizErika Margoth Manardy Canaviri
OruroPlurinominalMASMaría Magdalena Chuca GutiérrezDoroteo Martínez Quinaya
OruroPlurinominalPPBFranz Gróver Choque UlloaAnghela Mejía Montecinos
OruroC. 32MASNelly Núñez ZegarraBenjamín Flores Onori
OruroC. 33MASMarcelo William Elío ChávezGliselda Mirian Blanco Apaza
OruroC. 34MASEver Lucas Moya ZarateCornelia Flores Choque
OruroC. 35MASEdgar Contaja HuaytaBeatriz Flora Guzmán Gómez
OruroC. 36MASJaime Medrano VeizagaGuillermina Astete Choquevillca
OruroIndigenous 4MASBenigno Quispe MamaniToribia Álvaro Moya
PotosíPlurinominalMASBenito Ramos CalizayaFrancisca Mamani Canaviri
PotosíPlurinominalMASFlora Largo PumariHugo Garcia Méndez
PotosíPlurinominalMASAdolfo Ocampo MelgarejoGladys Vargas Escobar
PotosíPlurinominalMASAgripina Ramírez NavaJustino Leaño Quispe
PotosíPlurinominalMASFelipe Molloja BáezAlejandra Cazón Ángelo
PotosíPlurinominalMASEmeliana Aiza ParadaNo Substitute
PotosíC. 37ASÁngel David Cortés VillegasElizabeth Soto Mamani
PotosíC. 38MASJuan Carlos Cejas UgarteVictoria Tola Mendoza
PotosíC. 39MASLuis Gallego CondoriFilomena Mamani Crispín
PotosíC. 40MASRichard Cordel RamírezZenobia León Rojas
PotosíC. 41MASSevero Aguilar GabrielRita Callahuara Amajaya
PotosíC. 42MASEusebio Cruz GonzaMagdalena Condori Vargas
PotosíC. 43MASEstanis Condori CárdenasFelipa Huanca Mamani
PotosíC. 44MASPascual Huarachi RomeroDelia Alejo Porco
TarijaPlurinominalMASLuis Bertin Alfaro AriasCarolina Mercedes Cazón Castrillo
TarijaPlurinominalMASNinfa Huarachi CondoriCarlos Sandro Borda Valdez
TarijaPlurinominalPPBAdrián Esteban Oliva AlcázarMirtha Natividad Arce Camacho
TarijaC. 45PPBVíctor Hugo Zamora CastedoDiana Patricia Paputsakis Burgos
TarijaC. 46PPBRoy Moroni Cornejo RañaNo Substitute
TarijaC. 47MASJosé Antonio Yucra ParedesTeresa Daine Blacutt Mendoza
TarijaC. 48ASWilman Ramon Cardozo SurriabreGladis Clara Mamani Quispe
TarijaC. 49MASRaúl Altamirano TrujilloSenobia Gutiérrez Avendaño
TarijaIndigenous 6MASFederico Salazar SánchezCristina Valeroso Cuéllar
Santa CruzPlurinominalMASBetty Asunta Tejada SorucoMauro Peña Siles
Santa CruzPlurinominalMASEdgar Luis FernándezGladys Aguilar Ramírez
Santa CruzPlurinominalMASSegundina Flores SolamayoHeinz Darwin Choquerive Sossa
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBJorge Antonio Flores ReusMaria Odalis Reyes
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBAdriana Gil MorenoMoisés Fanor Salces Lozano
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBRafael Darío López MercadoJessica Roselin Echeverría Bravo
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBÉrica Roxana ClaureJuan Carlos Becerra Oroza
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBJavier Leigue HerreraVanessa Moreno Otero
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBCarmen Rosa Duran SolizFelipe Garcia Pérez
Santa CruzPlurinominalPPBJaime Estívariz BustillosNo Substitute
Santa CruzPlurinominalUNOscar Antonio Franco VacaMaria Cristina Viscarra Gil
Santa CruzC. 50PPBCarlos Eduardo Subirana GianellaVerónica Aguilera Salazar
Santa CruzC. 51PPBMaida Paz CallaúRodolfo Landívar Alba
Santa CruzC. 52PPBRubén Darío Rojo ParadaMiriam Terrazas
Santa CruzC. 53PPBTomás Xavier Monasterio RomayAna Maria Vaca Salvador
Santa CruzC. 54PPBAlcides Andrés Gallardo IbarraMaria Anette Daher Tobía
Santa CruzC. 55MASAdriana AriasAgustín Rivas Brito
Santa CruzC. 56MASEdwin Tupa TupaMarcelina Ramírez
Santa CruzC. 57MASGerman Alavi CanaviriBasilia Flores Arce
Santa CruzC. 58PPBLuis Felipe Dorado MiddaghMaria Del Carmen España
Santa CruzC. 59MASWilson Changaray TaborgaInés Miranda Kama
Santa CruzC. 60MASGonzalo Rodríguez CámaraCirila Coro Elías
Santa CruzC. 69MASFranklin Garvizú JancoDalcy Herrera Morales
Santa CruzC. 70PPBYusser Rolando Villarroel GarvisoRosario Leonor Torrico
Santa CruzIndigenous 7MASBienvenido Zacu MborobainchiTeresa Nomine Chiqueno
BeniPlurinominalMASIngrid Loreto Zabala EscobarJorge Callaú Allorto
BeniPlurinominalMASMiguel Ángel Ruiz MoralesKatya Chávez Debrie
BeniPlurinominalPPBOsney Martínez DaguerYaqueline Emma Lavive Yáñez Simon
BeniC. 61PPBMezoth Jose Shriqui RappBelia Antonia Cajiri Roca
BeniC. 62PPBFarides Vaca SuárezCarmelo Egüez Rodríguez
BeniC. 63MASAntonio Molina SerranoMaria Gardenia Arauz Menacho
BeniC. 64PPBEinar Gozalves BeyumaVictoria Loras Ferreyra
BeniC. 65PPBJuan Carlos Ojopi BarbaLeny Calle Rivera
BeniIndigenous 8MASPedro Nuny CaityMaria Sonia Justiniano Cujuy
PandoPlurinominalMASGalo Silvestre BonifazCarlin Haensel Inuma
PandoC. 66PPBHerbert Salvatierra BecerraMariluz Gonzales Rodríguez
PandoC. 67MASJuan Chamaro NayKaterine greenr Achipa
PandoC. 68PPBJuan Rodríguez LazoSandra Alixon Claure Endara
PandoIndigenous 9PPBJulio Cortez ViraBertha Ramallo Hurtado

Commissions

The Chamber of Deputies has twelve legislative commissions, whose leadership is chosen annually. Their current leadership, chosen on 28 January 2011, is as follows: