Carmen García (politician)
Carmen García Mamani (born 16 July 1963) is a Bolivian academic, politician, and trade unionist who served as senator for Potosí from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she previously served on the Tomave Municipal Council from 2000 to 2005.
Carmen García | |
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Official portrait, 2012 | |
Senator for Potosí | |
In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
Substitute | Julio Villegas |
Preceded by | Carmen Rosa Velásquez |
Succeeded by | Adela Cussi |
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Born | Carmen García Mamani 16 July 1963 Yonsa, Potosí, Bolivia |
Political party | Movement for Socialism |
Alma mater | Franz Tamayo Normal School |
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An ethnic Quechua, García worked for over a decade as a schoolteacher in rural Potosí. She later studied educational management at multiple universities, finally settling on a career in teacher training and indigenous language research. In tandem, García actively operated within the trade syndicates of her home region, through which she began a career in politics as a member of the Movement for Socialism.
Elected to the Tomave Municipal Council in 1999, García later won a seat in the Senate in 2009, representing Potosí. Over the course of her tenure, García grew disgruntled with the often hierarchical structure of her caucus and ultimately joined a group of "free thinking" ruling party dissidents that depleted the government's parliamentary supermajority. She was not nominated for reelection.