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Ana María Sempértegui Valdez

(1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65)
Tomás Frías University
Occupation
  • Accountant
  • politician

Ana María Sempértegui Valdez (born 15 December 1958) is a Bolivian

party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz
from 2010 to 2015.

Sempértegui was born to a mining family native to

Tomás Frías University and worked in the administrative area of the Potosí Development Corporation from 1985 to 1986 and 1988 and 1989. Following a brief retirement to focus on family, Sempértegui returned to the private sector, now in the city of La Paz
. She held administrative and financial positions at various companies from 1995 to 2000 and 2008 to 2009.

In 2000, Sempértegui was hired as a minor public official in the El Alto municipal government [es]. She became a woman of confidence to José Luis Paredes [es], who appointed her as his advisor in the mayor's office. She was kept on board following Paredes's ascent as prefect in 2006 and remained in administration through his fall from power in 2008. Despite her lack of political experience, Paredes secured Sempértegui's election to parliament in 2009. His exile meant she was not re-nominated in 2014.

Early life and career

Early life and education

Ana María Sempértegui was born on 15 December 1958 in Potosí to a family of humble means involved in the department's mining industry.[3] She was one of seven children – three girls and four boys – born to Héctor Sempértegui Toro, a mine mechanic stationed at Pailaviri, and his wife Elena Valdez Tardío, a career homemaker.[4]

Sempértegui attended the Jaime Mendoza School for most of primary and received her intermediate school education at the 31 de Octubre Educational Unit,[5] located on Antofagasta Avenue in the railway zone of Potosí.[6] Both institutes were dependent on the Bolivian Mining Corporation [es] and catered exclusively to the children of mineworkers.[7]

She then enrolled at the

Tomás Frías University,[4] where she studied to become an accountant.[8] She graduated with a licentiate in public accounting[9] – the first in her family to be awarded a professional degree.[5]

Accounting and business career

Sempértegui worked in administration at the Potosí Development Corporation (CORDEPO) from 1985 to 1986.

accounting clerk at Termas Villavicencio – but ultimately opted to accompany her mother's return trip to Bolivia.[5]

Resettled in Potosí, Sempértegui returned to her previous job at CORDEPO between 1988 and 1989.[9] Following her marriage, she retired from her profession to raise their three children. She accompanied her husband's postings to Monteagudo and later La Paz, where they settled and she reentered the workforce.[5] Sempértegui lent her services to private sector corporations for the next half-decade: at Copla, an import-export company, from 1995 and 1996, and at the construction companies Ormachea and América from 1997 to 1998 and 1998 to 2000, respectively.[8]

Public official

public tender to work at the El Alto municipal government [es] and was brought on as an administrative assistant at the Chief Financial Administrative Office.[10] She became a close personal confidant to then-mayor José Luis Paredes [es],[11] who appointed her general advisor of the El Alto Mayor's Office, a post she held throughout his two terms in office between 2000 and 2005.[12]

Paredes was elected prefect of the La Paz Department in 2005 and,[13] with his ascent to office early the following year,[14] brought on Sempértegui to her previous advisory position within the new administration. She stayed on board for the duration of Paredes's term, resigning with the rest of the prefect's staff in 2008, after his successful recall and subsequent removal.[15]

In the ensuing years, Sempértegui returned to the private sector as the administrative manager and

automotive manufacturer Toyosa from 2008 to 2009.[8] At the same time, she also maintained a presence in the civil service as a consultant for the La Paz municipal government [es],[9] as well as her ties to Paredes, as his personal accountant.[16]

Chamber of Deputies

Election

Further information: 2009 Bolivian general election

In the leadup to the 2009 election, Paredes invited Sempértegui to join the National Convergence (CN) ticket as a candidate for parliament.[17] In effect, Paredes's party, Plan Progress for Bolivia (PPB), granted CN the legal backing it needed to compete – giving him great latitude to select candidates as he saw fit.[18] Just as he had done in 2005, Paredes placed members of his innermost circle – up to and including relatives – in the "safety zone" of CN's slate of candidates, regardless of past political experience or public notoriety.[8] The result: Sempértegui was elected to the Chamber of Deputies,[19] accompanied by two other members of PPB affiliated with Paredes – his former cabinet secretary, Alejandro Zapata, and his own son, Hernán Paredes.[16]

Tenure

No sooner did the elections come to pass than CN – devoid of either clear leadership or ideological coherence – fell apart as an effective parliamentary alliance.[20] In La Paz, the flight of Paredes – accosted on all sides by criminal cases and investigations – left the band of legislators elected under his watch to fend for themselves.[21] In the aftermath of the former prefect's exile, Sempértegui recalled: "I had to carry out my term practically alone".[22]

In legislation, Sempértegui's tenure made headwinds in the development of

child laborers.[19]

Absent their political benefactor, Sempértegui and other Paredes allies were not nominated for reelection come the 2014 elections.[25] A similar instance occurred with many of the lawmakers elected under the influence of Manfred Reyes Villa – CN's other political leader-turned-fugitive.[26]

Commission assignments

  • Planning, Economic Policy, and Finance Commission
    • Planning and Public Investment Committee (2010–2011, 2013–2014)[27]
  • Human Rights Commission
    • Gender Rights Committee (Secretary: 2014–2015)[28]
  • Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission
    • Fight Against Drug Trafficking Committee (2012–2013)[29]
  • International Relations and Migrant Protection Commission
    • International Economic Relations Committee (Secretary: 2011–2012)[30]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Ana María Sempértegui
Year Office Party Alliance Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2009 Deputy Plan Progress for Bolivia National Convergence 119,248 8.71% 2nd Won [31][β]
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned from office.[1]
  2. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Oxígeno 2014a.
  2. ^ Oxígeno 2014b.
  3. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 143; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 558.
  4. ^ a b c Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 175; Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 143.
  5. ^ a b c d Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 175.
  6. ^ ECOS 2018.
  7. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 143; ECOS 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 558.
  9. ^ a b c d Vicepresidencia 2010.
  10. ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, pp. 175–176.
  11. ^ La Patria 2010, p. 8.
  12. ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 176; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 558.
  13. ^ Jornada 2005, p. 2.
  14. ^ Jornada 2006, p. 4.
  15. ^ La Prensa 2008; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 176; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 558.
  16. ^ a b Los Tiempos 2010.
  17. ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 176.
  18. ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 440, 654.
  19. ^ a b c Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 143.
  20. ^ La Razón 2013.
  21. ^ El Deber 2010; Los Tiempos 2010.
  22. ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 176: "Pasó el tiempo y recién me hice la idea de ... [que] tuve que llevar adelante mi gestión prácticamente sola".
  23. ^ Noticias Fides 2011.
  24. ^ Página Siete 2014.
  25. ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 440, 558, 654.
  26. ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 201, 231.
  27. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 312, 317.
  28. ^ Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 310.
  29. ^ Prensa Diputados 2012.
  30. ^ Prensa Diputados 2011.
  31. ^ Atlas Electoral 2009.

Works cited

Online and list sources

  • "Ana María Sempértegui Valdez". vicepresidencia.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  • "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  • "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  • "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

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