Carlos Huallpa | |
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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]
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.
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]
Carlos Huallpa | |
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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]
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.
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]