Mireya Montaño

Carol Mireya Montaño Rocha (born 26 November 1978) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and trade unionist who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing circumscription 11 from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, Montaño entered politics as head of the party's youth wing in El Alto, later serving as secretary of organization of the Federation of Neighborhood Councils. Her party's alliance with El Alto's neighborhood councils facilitated Montaño's entry into the Chamber of Deputies. In 2009, she was elected as a substitute deputy representing La Paz's circumscription 14 and in 2014, she became one of the few ruling party parliamentarians to be presented for reelection, this time for a full seat.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montaño and the second or maternal family name is Rocha.

Mireya Montaño
Headshot of Mireya Montaño
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from La Paz circumscription 11
In office
18 January 2015 – 3 November 2020
SubstituteHumberto Alanez
Preceded byLucio Marca[lower-greek 1]
Succeeded byRenán Cabezas
ConstituencyEl Alto
Substitute Member of
the Chamber of Deputies
from La Paz circumscription 14
In office
25 January 2010 – 14 July 2014
DeputyLucio Marca
Preceded byMaría del Carmen Miranda
Succeeded byHumberto Alanez[lower-greek 2]
ConstituencyEl Alto
Personal details
Born
Carol Mireya Montaño Rocha

(1978-11-26) 26 November 1978
La Paz, Bolivia
Political partyMovement for Socialism
Alma materCentral University
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • trade unionist
SignatureCursive signature in ink

Early life and career

Mireya Montaño was born on 26 November 1978 in La Paz.[1] She studied law and political science at Central University, a private institute in the city, graduating with a master's in constitutional law and a postgraduate in conflict resolution.[1][2] An early adherent of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), Montaño entered political activity as head of the party's youth wing in El Alto. In 2006, she joined the Federation of Neighborhood Councils (FEJUVE), serving as the body's secretary of organization, charged with managing policies related to social control.[1] Montaño's presence in both organizations represented the solid alliance the MAS had formed with the neighborhood councils, which from 2005 on, constituted one of the party's main operating arms in lower-class urban areas, playing an important role in organizing and mobilizing social sectors.[3]

Chamber of Deputies

Elections
Further information: 2009 Bolivian general election and 2014 Bolivian general election

In the electoral arena, the alliance between the MAS and regional neighborhood councils manifested itself in the nomination of the sector's leaders for parliamentary positions, both on the party's electoral lists and in single-member constituencies.[4] The latter was the case for Montaño, who in 2009 was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in representation of El Alto's circumscription 14.[2] She served as a substitute under Lucio Marca, himself a deputy with origins in El Alto's neighborhood councils.[5]

Nearing the conclusion of her term, Montaño was presented for reelection to a full seat,[6] an atypical occurrence within the MAS, which rarely offered its parliamentarians the opportunity to run twice in a row, preferring to open up spaces for different representatives of allied sectors to enter the legislature.[7] She was elected to represent circumscription 11 of El Alto, the district with the largest number of registered voters in the country.[2]

Tenure

Despite representing such a relatively high quantity of constituents and serving as leader of the MAS's La Paz delegation,[8] Montaño's parliamentary term kept a notably low profile, characterized by El Alteño as "working in silence."[9] Her lack of public visibility was a situation typified by most of El Alto's elected representatives.[10] It motivated leaders of FEJUVE to reevaluate which individuals they would nominate to represent them as MAS candidates in future elections.[11] As such, neither Montaño nor any of El Alto's parliamentarians were presented for reelection, be it in 2019 or 2020.[12][13]

Mireya Montaño claps her hands while attending a parade.
Next to Senator Eva Copa (right) at an event commemorating El Alto.

Commission assignments
  • Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission (2011–2012; President: 2018–2019)[14][15]
  • Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office, and Legal Defense of the State Commission
    • Ordinary Jurisdiction and Magistracy Council Committee (2014; Secretary: 2015–2016)[16][17]
    • Prosecutor's Office and Legal Defense of the State Committee (2016–2017; Secretary: 2019–2020)[18][19]
  • Human Rights Commission (2012–2013; President: 2017–2018)[20][21]
  • Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission (2010–2011)[22]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Mireya Montaño
Year Office Party Votes Result Ref.
Total  % P.
2009 Sub. Deputy Movement for Socialism 39,204 69.79% 1st Won [23]
2014 Deputy Movement for Socialism 73,846 54.66% 1st Won [24]
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References
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Notes
  1. Redistribution; circumscription 14.
  2. Redistribution; circumscription 11.

Footnotes
  1. Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 230.
  2. Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 384.
  3. Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 152, 354.
  4. Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 162–163.
  5. Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 353–354, 384.
  6. "Elecciones: La Cámara de Diputados acepta la renuncia de 14 opositores y 10 oficialistas". Oxígeno (in Spanish). La Paz. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 320, 384.
  8. "Bancada del MAS de La Paz elige a Montaño como jefa" (in Spanish). La Paz. ERBOL. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. Mamani Luna, Edwin (2 September 2018). "Mireya Montaño pide identificarse a quien pidió su revocatoria". El Alteño (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. Calle, Esperanza (7 May 2019). "Rafael Quispe opaca a los masistas alteños". El Alteño (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  11. Calle, Esperanza (5 September 2019). "Fejuve observa trabajo de legisladores alteños". El Alteño (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  12. "Lista Final de Candidaturas Habilitadas de las Organizaciones Políticas y Alianzas: Movimiento al Socialismo" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  13. "Lista Final de Candidaturas Habilitadas de las Organizaciones Políticas y Alianzas: Movimiento al Socialismo" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  14. "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  15. "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2018–2019". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 1 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  16. Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 230, 307.
  17. "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2015–2016". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  18. Chamber of Deputies [@Diputados_Bol] (27 January 2016). "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2016–2017" (Tweet) (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  19. "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2019–2020". diptuados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  20. "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  21. Chamber of Deputies [@Diputados_Bol] (31 January 2017). "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2017–2018" (Tweet) (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  22. Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 230, 319.
  23. "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  24. "Elecciones Generales 2014 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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