Damián Condori
Damián Condori Herrera (born 26 September 1979) is a Bolivian peasant leader, politician, and Governor of Chuquisaca Department since 3 May 2021. Condori served as executive secretary of the Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB), Bolivia's largest peasant union. Condori first ran for governor of Chuquisaca in 2015, finishing second and failing to qualify for a runoff under a controversial electoral court ruling. He is the co-founder of We Are All Bolivia (Bolivia Somos Todos), a party founded on 21 April 2016, by dissident former members of the Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (MAS-IPSP). He was spent two years in pre-trial detention as part of the investigation into the Indigenous Fund corruption scandal from 2015 to 2017. In the 2021 election for governor, Condori won a plurality in the first round and defeated MAS-IPSP candidate Juan Carlos León in the runoff.
Damián Condori | |
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4th Governor of Chuquisaca | |
Assumed office 3 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Efraín Balderas (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | Damián Condori Herrera 26 September 1979 Presto, Chuquisaca, Bolivia |
Political party | We Are All Chuquisaca (2014–present) |
Other political affiliations | Movement for Socialism (before 2014) We Are All Bolivia (2016–present) |