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
Official portrait, 2012
Senator for Potosí
In office
19 January 2010  18 January 2015
SubstituteJulio Villegas
Preceded byCarmen Rosa Velásquez
Succeeded byAdela Cussi
Personal details
Born
Carmen García Mamani

(1963-07-16) 16 July 1963
Yonsa, Potosí, Bolivia
Political partyMovement for Socialism
Alma materFranz Tamayo Normal School
Occupation
  • Educator
  • politician
  • trade unionist

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.

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