1st Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia

2010–2015 Term of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ex oficio as Vice President)	Álvaro García Linera, MAS-IPSP
President of the Senate	Gabriela Montaño Viaña, MAS-IPSP[1]
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, MAS-IPSP[2]
Structure
Seats	166 36 Senators 130 Deputies
Senate political groups	MAS-IPSP (26)      PPB-CN (10)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	MAS-IPSP (88)      PPB-CN (37)      UN (3)      AS (2)
Elections
Senate voting system	Proportional representation system by department
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Mixed member system
Senate last election	6 November 2009
Chamber of Deputies last election	6 November 2009
Senate next election	5 October 2014
Chamber of Deputies next election	5 October 2014
Meeting place
Website
http://www.senado.bo http://www.diputados.bo

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 (MAS-IPSP/MSM); Senator René Martínez (MAS-IPSP), who was a deputy; and Senator Róger Pinto, previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.^[3]

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:

	Party	Votes	Percentage	Deputies	Senators
	Movement for Socialism	2.943.209	64,22	88	26
	Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence	1.212.795	26,46	37	10
	National Unity Front	258.971	5,65	3
	Social Alliance	106.027	2,31	2
	Social Patriotic Unity Movement	23.257	0,51
	People	15.627	0,34
	Peoples for Liberty and Sovereignty	12.995	0,28
	Social Democratic Bolivia	9.905	0,22
Source: Comisión Nacional Electoral

As part of a break between the MAS-IPSP and its ally the Without Fear Movement (MSM), 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.^[4] However, two MSM deputies re-affiliated with the MAS-IPSP.^[5][6] 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.^[7]

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 (MAS-IPSP, La Paz). Romero had been on medical leave since February 2010, and René Martínez (MAS-IPSP, Chuquisaca) served as interim President in her absence. Martínez was confirmed as Senate President on 1 November. Martha Poma Luque (MAS-IPSP, La Paz) was elected the same day to serve as Vice President of the Senate, the first woman de pollera to hold that office.^[8] Seventeen of 36 members of the Senate are women.^[9][10] 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.^[3]

Romero's alternate, Javier Hurtado Mercado, served as senator in her place, but resigned 15 May 2010.^[11] Her seat was filled by Mary Constancia Medina Zabaleta, the alternate for Eugenio Rojas.^[12]

	Department	Senator	Party
	Chuquisaca	René Óscar Martínez Callahuanca	MAS
	Chuquisaca	Nélida Sifuentes Cueto	MAS
	Chuquisaca	David Sánchez Heredia	MAS
	Chuquisaca	Luis Gerald Ortiz Alba	PPB
	La Paz	Mary Constancia Medina Zabaleta formerly: Ana María de Las Nieves Romero de Campero	MAS
	La Paz	Eugenio Rojas Apaza	MAS
	La Paz	Martha Poma Luque	MAS
	La Paz	Fidel Andrés Surco Cañasaca	MAS
	Cochabamba	Gonzalo Adolfo Ramón Mendoza Leigue	MAS
	Cochabamba	Marcelina Chavez Salazar	MAS
	Cochabamba	Julio Salazar	MAS
	Cochabamba	Bernard Osvaldo Gutiérrez Sanz	PPB
	Oruro	Sandra Lilian Soriano Bascopé	MAS
	Oruro	Andrés Agustín Villca Daza	MAS
	Oruro	Roxana Camargo Fernández	MAS
	Oruro	Mario Choque Gutiérrez	MAS
	Potosí	Eduardo Humberto Maldonado Iporre	MAS
	Potosí	Carmen García Mamani	MAS
	Potosí	Efraín Condori López	MAS
	Potosí	Clementina Garnica Cruz	MAS
	Tarija	Rhina Aguirre Amezaga	MAS
	Tarija	Juan Enrique Jurado Ruiz	MAS
	Tarija	Marcelo Eulogio Antezana Ruiz	PPB
	Tarija	Maria Elena Mendez Leon	PPB
	Santa Cruz	Lilly Gabriela Montaño Viaña	MAS
	Santa Cruz	Isaac Ávalos Cuchallo	MAS
	Santa Cruz	Germán Antelo Vaca	PPB
	Santa Cruz	Centa Lothy Rek López	PPB
	Beni	Freddy Bersatti Tudela	MAS
	Beni	Zonia Guardia Melgar	MAS
	Beni	Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein Antelo	PPB
	Beni	Jeanine Áñez Chávez	PPB
	Pando	Manuel Limachi Quispe	MAS
	Pando	Mirtha Da Costa Ferreira	MAS
	Pando	Roger Pinto Molina	PPB
	Pando	Carmen Eva Gonzales Lafuente	PPB

Commissions

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

Commission	President	Party of President
Constitution, Human Rights, Legislation, and Electoral System	Eugenio Rojas Apaza	MAS
Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office (Spanish: Ministerio Público), and Legal Defense of the State	Sandra Soriano Bascopé	MAS
States Security, Armed Forces, and Bolivian Police	Freddy Bersatti Tudela	MAS
Economic Policy, Planning, and Finance	Mario Choque Gutiérrez	MAS
Social Policy, Education, and Health	Germán Antelo Vaca	CN
International Policy	Juan Enrique Jurado Ruíz	MAS
Land and Territory, Natural Resources, and Environment	Julio Salazar	MAS
Territorial Organization of the State and Autonomies	Mirtha Da Costa Ferreira	MAS
Indigenous Originary Peasant Nations and Peoples, and Interculturality	Marcelo Eulogio Antezana Ruiz	CN
Plural Economy, Production, Industry, and Industrialization	Fidel Surco Cañasaca	MAS
Source: "Senado definió comisiones y comités sin la oposición". Los Tiempos. 2 February 2011. p. 2.

Chamber of Deputies

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, elected on 19 January 2010, is Héctor Arce (MAS-IPSP). 33 of 130 deputies (25.38%) are women.^[13] Four parties elected deputies, the MAS-IPSP (including members of the Without Fear Movement) holds 88; the Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence holds 37; the National Unity Front has 3; and Social Alliance holds 2.^[14] Sixty-nine seats were elected by individual districts (uninominal seats); 53 were elected from lists provided by each party in each department, with the number of such deputies determined by population (plurinominal seats); and seven were elected by minority indigenous peoples in the seven of the country's departments (all except Chuquisaca and Potosí).^[14][15]

	Department	Circumscription	Party	Senator	Alternate
	Chuquisaca	Plurinominal	MAS	Marianela Paco Duran	Juan Carlos Apaza Macías
	Chuquisaca	Plurinominal	MAS	Efraín Balderas Chávez	Marylin Partes Amachuy
	Chuquisaca	Plurinominal	MAS	Flora Aguilar Fernández	Rodolfo Avilés Ayma
	Chuquisaca	Plurinominal	PPB	René Vidal León	Virginia Segundina Ramírez Vedia
	Chuquisaca	Plurinominal	PPB	Arminda Epifania Morales Calvimontes	Jaime Delgadillo Velásquez
	Chuquisaca	C. 01	PPB	Juan Luis Gantier Zelada	Claudia Evelyn Ampuero Padilla
	Chuquisaca	C. 02	PPB	Pedro Medrano Reyes	No Alternate
	Chuquisaca	C. 03	MAS	Eliseo Sesgo Mostacedo	Laura Reyna Zarate
	Chuquisaca	C. 04	MAS	Juan Barriga Montero	Ana Rodas Cuéllar
	Chuquisaca	C. 05	MAS	Carlos Aparicio Vedia	Vicenta Zabala Rentería
	Chuquisaca	C. 06	MAS	Irineo Condori Carlos	Esperanza Guevara
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Héctor Enrique Arcé Zaconeta	Elizabeth Cristina Salguero Carrillo
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Gilda Alcira Oporto Barrozo	Emilio Ruffo Rocha
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Wilfredo Calani Choque	Maria Alanoca
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Carmen Leonor Rodríguez Bolaños	Elias Quelca Mamani
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Jorge Adalberto Choquetarqui Jahuircata	Paulina Rodríguez Huaras
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Patricia Mancilla Martínez	Antonio Eliseo Suxo Suxo
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Rodolfo Calle Inca	Maribel Teresa Vargas Sarabia
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Julia Figueredo	Eufrén Carlos Troche Jiménez
	La Paz	Plurinominal	MAS	Donato Rubén Callisaya Mayta	Lidia Paucara Mancilla
	La Paz	Plurinominal	PPB	Alejandro Northon Zapata Avendaño	Blanca Constancia Gonzales Ríos
	La Paz	Plurinominal	PPB	Ana María Sempértegui	Andrés Rolando Ortega Tarifa
	La Paz	Plurinominal	UN	Rita Elisabet Reyes Limpias	Willy Aguilar Febrero
	La Paz	Plurinominal	UN	Jaime Rolando Navarro Tardío	Flora Oyardo Mamani
	La Paz	C. 07	MAS	Samuel Domingo Pamuri Mamani	Benancia Gutiérrez Flores
	La Paz	C. 08	MAS	Javier Eduardo Zavaleta López	Gabriela Rosario Medina Garrón
	La Paz	C. 09	MSM	Fabian Ii Yaksic Feraudy	Basilia Victoria Quispe
	La Paz	C. 10	MSM	Miriam Marcela Revollo Quiroga	José Ángel Callao Jimenes
	La Paz	C. 11	MAS	Osvaldo Guillermo Torrez Arisaca	Felicidad Suazo
	La Paz	C. 13	MAS	Benedicta García	Rogelio Maydana Apaza
	La Paz	C. 14	MAS	Lucio Marca Mamani	Carol Mireya Montaño Rocha
	La Paz	C. 15	MAS	Roberto Rojas Herrera	Enriqueta Villarroel Poma
	La Paz	C. 16	MAS	Hugo Mujica Aguilar	Carmen Susana Tellería Quispe
	La Paz	C. 17	MAS	Lucio Huaycho Nina	Evarista María Mayta
	La Paz	C. 18	MAS	Javier Adelio Paucara Llojlla	Pastora Jove
	La Paz	C. 19	MAS	David Quispe Balboa	Genara Julia Quisbert Cuentas
	La Paz	C. 20	MAS	Quintín Quispe Chura	Mercedes Mamani Tristán
	La Paz	C. 21	MAS	Martín Quispe Julián	María Tupa Lovera
	La Paz	C. 22	MAS	Samuel Plata Plata	Domitila Alcira Flores Cortez
	La Paz	Indigenous 2	MAS	Jorge Medina Barra	Blanca Marilin Cartagena Chuqui
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	MAS	Rebeca Elvira Delgado	Samuel Pereira Ágreda
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	MAS	José Raúl Alborta Siles	Nora Revollo Balderrama
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	MAS	Cecilia Luisa Ayllón	Saúl Limbert Garabito Condori
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	MAS	Javier Adrián Santiváñez Camacho	Cinda Romero
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	MAS	Ibonne Daysi Luna Zeballos	Néstor Rivera Solís
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	PPB	Mauricio Ramiro Arturo Muñoz Encinas	Gladys Blanca Prieto Moreira
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	PPB	Norma Alicia Piérola	Apolinar Rivera Muñoz
	Cochabamba	Plurinominal	PPB	José Hernán Paredes Sánchez	Ximena Nevenca Grágeda Orellana
	Cochabamba	C. 12	MAS	Omar Velasco Pérez	Cresencia Alberta Padilla Flores
	Cochabamba	C. 23	PPB	David Ángel Mejía Gareca	Neyva Paola Irma Zapata Montaño
	Cochabamba	C. 24	PPB	Javier Alex Orozco Rosas	María Alejandra Prado Richter
	Cochabamba	C. 25	MAS	Juan Carlos Claros Rodríguez	Natividad Choque Laura
	Cochabamba	C. 26	MAS	Evaristo Peñaloza Alejo	Wilma Alejandrina Quiroz Mercado
	Cochabamba	C. 27	MAS	Eugenio Luna Quintana	Miguelina Villarroel Lafuente
	Cochabamba	C. 28	MAS	José Félix Mendieta Villarroel	Marcelina Villarroel Marín
	Cochabamba	C. 29	MAS	Esteban Ramírez Torrico	Olivia Reyes García
	Cochabamba	C. 30	MAS	Nelson Virreira Meneces	Juliana Mamani
	Cochabamba	C. 31	MAS	Pedro Gutiérrez Cruz	Roberta Tinta Quiroga
	Cochabamba	Indigenous 3	MAS	Eleuterio Guzmán Zelada	Luisa Guaguasu Isategua
	Oruro	Plurinominal	MAS	Freddy German Huayta Veliz	Erika Margoth Manardy Canaviri
	Oruro	Plurinominal	MAS	María Magdalena Chuca Gutiérrez	Doroteo Martínez Quinaya
	Oruro	Plurinominal	PPB	Franz Gróver Choque Ulloa	Anghela Mejía Montecinos
	Oruro	C. 32	MAS	Nelly Núñez Zegarra	Benjamín Flores Onori
	Oruro	C. 33	MAS	Marcelo William Elio Chávez	Gliselda Mirian Blanco Apaza
	Oruro	C. 34	MAS	Ever Lucas Moya Zarate	Cornelia Flores Choque
	Oruro	C. 35	MAS	Edgar Contaja Huayta	Beatriz Flora Guzmán Gómez
	Oruro	C. 36	MAS	Jaime Medrano Veizaga	Guillermina Astete Choquevillca
	Oruro	Indigenous 4	MAS	Benigno Quispe Mamani	Toribia Álvaro Moya
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Benito Ramos Calizaya	Francisca Mamani Canaviri
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Flora Largo Pumari	Hugo Garcia Méndez
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Adolfo Ocampo Melgarejo	Gladys Vargas Escobar
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Agripina Ramírez Nava	Justino Leaño Quispe
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Felipe Molloja Báez	Alejandra Cazón Ángelo
	Potosí	Plurinominal	MAS	Emeliana Aiza Parada	No Alternate
	Potosí	C. 37	AS	Ángel David Cortés Villegas	Elizabeth Soto Mamani
	Potosí	C. 38	MAS	Juan Carlos Cejas Ugarte	Victoria Tola Mendoza
	Potosí	C. 39	MAS	Luis Gallego Condori	Filomena Mamani Crispín
	Potosí	C. 40	MAS	Richard Cordel Ramírez	Zenobia León Rojas
	Potosí	C. 41	MAS	Severo Aguilar Gabriel	Rita Callahuara Amajaya
	Potosí	C. 42	MAS	Eusebio Cruz Gonza	Magdalena Condori Vargas
	Potosí	C. 43	MAS	Estanis Condori Cárdenas	Felipa Huanca Mamani
	Potosí	C. 44	MAS	Pascual Huarachi Romero	Delia Alejo Porco
	Tarija	Plurinominal	MAS	Luis Bertin Alfaro Arias	Carolina Mercedes Cazón Castrillo
	Tarija	Plurinominal	MAS	Ninfa Huarachi Condori	Carlos Sandro Borda Valdez
	Tarija	Plurinominal	PPB	Adrián Esteban Oliva Alcázar	Mirtha Natividad Arce Camacho
	Tarija	C. 45	PPB	Víctor Hugo Zamora Castedo	Diana Patricia Paputsakis Burgos
	Tarija	C. 46	PPB	Roy Moroni Cornejo Raña	No Alternate
	Tarija	C. 47	MAS	José Antonio Yucra Paredes	Teresa Daine Blacutt Mendoza
	Tarija	C. 48	AS	Wilman Ramon Cardozo Surriabre	Gladis Clara Mamani Quispe
	Tarija	C. 49	MAS	Raúl Altamirano Trujillo	Senobia Gutiérrez Avendaño
	Tarija	Indigenous 6	MAS	Federico Salazar Sánchez	Cristina Valeroso Cuéllar
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	MAS	Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco	Mauro Peña Siles
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	MAS	Edgar Luis Fernández	Gladys Aguilar Ramírez
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	MAS	Segundina Flores Solamayo	Heinz Darwin Choquerive Sossa
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Jorge Antonio Flores Reus	Maria Odalis Reyes
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Adriana Gil Moreno	Moisés Fanor Salces Lozano
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Rafael Darío López Mercado	Jessica Roselin Echeverría Bravo
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Érica Roxana Claure	Juan Carlos Becerra Oroza
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Javier Leigue Herrera	Vanessa Moreno Otero
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Carmen Rosa Duran Soliz	Felipe Garcia Pérez
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	PPB	Jaime Estívariz Bustillos	No Alternate
	Santa Cruz	Plurinominal	UN	Oscar Antonio Franco Vaca	Maria Cristina Viscarra Gil
	Santa Cruz	C. 50	PPB	Carlos Eduardo Subirana Gianella	Verónica Aguilera Salazar
	Santa Cruz	C. 51	PPB	Maida Paz Callaú	Rodolfo Landívar Alba
	Santa Cruz	C. 52	PPB	Rubén Darío Rojo Parada	Miriam Terrazas
	Santa Cruz	C. 53	PPB	Tomas Xavier Monasterio Romay	Ana Maria Vaca Salvador
	Santa Cruz	C. 54	PPB	Alcides Andrés Gallardo Ibarra	Maria Anette Daher Tobía
	Santa Cruz	C. 55	MAS	Adriana Arias	Agustín Rivas Brito
	Santa Cruz	C. 56	MAS	Edwin Tupa Tupa	Marcelina Ramírez
	Santa Cruz	C. 57	MAS	German Alavi Canaviri	Basilia Flores Arce
	Santa Cruz	C. 58	PPB	Luis Felipe Dorado Middagh	Maria Del Carmen España
	Santa Cruz	C. 59	MAS	Wilson Changaray Taborga	Inés Miranda Kama
	Santa Cruz	C. 60	MAS	Gonzalo Rodríguez Cámara	Cirila Coro Elías
	Santa Cruz	C. 69	MAS	Franklin Garvizú Janco	Dalcy Herrera Morales
	Santa Cruz	C. 70	PPB	Yusser Rolando Villarroel Garviso	Rosario Leonor Torrico
	Santa Cruz	Indigenous 7	MAS	Bienvenido Zacu Mborobainchi	Teresa Nomine Chiqueno
	Beni	Plurinominal	MAS	Ingrid Loreto Zabala Escobar	Jorge Callaú Allorto
	Beni	Plurinominal	MAS	Miguel Ángel Ruiz Morales	Katya Chávez Debrie
	Beni	Plurinominal	PPB	Osney Martínez Daguer	Yaqueline Emma Lavive Yáñez Simon
	Beni	C. 61	PPB	Mezoth Jose Shriqui Rapp	Belia Antonia Cajiri Roca
	Beni	C. 62	PPB	Farides Vaca Suárez	Carmelo Egüez Rodríguez
	Beni	C. 63	MAS	Antonio Molina Serrano	Maria Gardenia Arauz Menacho
	Beni	C. 64	PPB	Einar Gozalves Beyuma	Victoria Loras Ferreyra
	Beni	C. 65	PPB	Juan Carlos Ojopi Barba	Leny Calle Rivera
	Beni	Indigenous 8	MAS	Pedro Nuny Caity	Maria Sonia Justiniano Cujuy
	Pando	Plurinominal	MAS	Galo Silvestre Bonifaz	Carlin Haensel Inuma
	Pando	C. 66	PPB	Herbert Salvatierra Becerra	Mariluz Gonzales Rodríguez
	Pando	C. 67	MAS	Juan Chamaro Nay	Katerine oranger Achipa
	Pando	C. 68	PPB	Juan Rodríguez Lazo	Sandra Alixon Claure Endara
	Pando	Indigenous 9	PPB	Julio Cortez Vira	Bertha Ramallo Hurtado

Commissions

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

Commission	President	Party of President
Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System	Lucio Marca	MAS
Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office (Spanish: Ministerio Público), and Legal Defense of the State	Cecelia Ayllón	MAS
International Policy and Protection of Migrants	Yusser R. Villarroel	CN
Social Policy	Antonio Franco	UN
Economic Policy Planning and Finance	Marcelo Elío	MAS
Education and Health	Alejandro Zapata	MAS
Amazon Region and Environment	Antonio Molina	MAS
Human Rights	Juan C. Cejas	MAS
Government, Defense, and Armed Forces	Irineo Condori	MAS
Territorial Organization of the State and Autonomies	Betty Tejada	MAS
Indigenous Originary Peasant Nations and Peoples, Cultures, and Interculturality	Jorge Medina	MAS
Plural Economy, Production, and Industry	Luis Alfaro	MAS
Source: "MAS controla 10 comisiones y oposición sólo 2 en Diputados". Página Siete. 2011-01-29. p. 2.

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4. "Ruptura MAS-MSM llega a la Asamblea Legislativa," La Prensa, 27 March 2010.
5. "Diputado Samuel Pamuri niega militancia en MSM". El Diario. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
6. "Diputado Javier Zavaleta no representa más al MSM". Los Tiempos. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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11. "El suplente de AnaMar, Javier Hurtado Mercado no volverá al Senado". Los Tiempos. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
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15. Corte Nacional Electoral, "Codificación de asientos electorales por departamento, mapas de Circunscripciones Uninominales y Especiales Indígenas," 2009.