Guillermo Torrez
Guillermo Torrez | |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz circumscription 11 | |
In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
Substitute | Felicidad Suazo |
Preceded by | Jorge Silva |
Succeeded by | Rosa Inés Chuquimia[α] |
Constituency | La Paz |
Personal details | |
Born | Osvaldo Guillermo Torrez Arisaca 24 June 1973 Movement for Socialism |
Occupation |
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Website | Official blog |
Osvaldo Guillermo Torrez Arisaca (born 24 June 1973) is a Bolivian
Torrez was born in
Early life and career
Early life and education
Guillermo Torrez was born on 24 June 1973, the youngest of three siblings born to Luciano Torrez Choque and Eusebia Arisaca.[1] Torrez's family occupied a small adobe dwelling in the El Tejara barrio of northwestern La Paz along the border with El Alto, one of the most impoverished areas of the city.[2]
Torrez attended local institutes for most of his primary and secondary education and received his
Career and community organizing
Torrez operated a small
Longtime support for
Chamber of Deputies
Election
Torrez ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 2009. He narrowly won the nomination of a MAS-affiliated social movement organization to be a candidate in the general election.[4] The district he contested, single-member circumscription 11, encompassed La Paz's western slope, including large parts of its commercial zone.[10] Torrez won the race in a landslide,[δ] defeating several candidates he believed to be more professionally qualified.[12]
Tenure
Entering office, Torrez was made a member of the Health, Sports, and Recreation Committee, which he chaired for the near-duration of his term – excepting one year on the International Economic Relations Committee in 2011.[7][§] At the end of his term, Torrez was not nominated for reelection.[6]
Commission assignments
- Education and Health Commission
- Health, Sports, and Recreation Committee (Secretary: 2010–2011, 2012–2015)[13]
- International Relations and Migrant Protection Commission
- International Economic Relations Committee (2011–2012)[14]
Electoral history
Year | Office | Party | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||
2009 | Deputy | Movement for Socialism
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52,283 | 60.59% | 1st | Won | [15] | |
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas |
References
Notes
- ^ Redistribution; circumscription 9.
- ^ National Foundation for Professional Development (Spanish: Fundación Nacional para la Capacitación Laboral).
- marginalized groups – from which they mostly originated.[8]
- ^ When tabulating the high quantity of blank and null votes, Torrez's margin of victory (60.59%) is reduced to a plurality (46.29%). The figure represents a unique aspect of MAS candidates, wherein abstention – not opposition support – is their only counterweight. For sociologist Salvador Romero , this "demonstrates a certain indifference on the part of the electorate towards candidates who are expected to win, and about whom little is known."[11]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 215; Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 149.
- ^ Chipana Lovera 2009, pp. 172–173; Rocha Velasco 2009, p. 90; Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 215.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 215; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 591.
- ^ a b Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 215.
- ^ Vicepresidencia 2010; Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 591–592.
- ^ a b Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 592.
- ^ a b Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, p. 149.
- ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 164, 592.
- ^ Vicepresidencia 2010.
- ^ La Razón 2009.
- ^ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 229, 592.
- ^ Gonzales Salas 2013, p. 216; Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 592.
- ^ Prensa Diputados 2012; Vargas & Villavicencio 2014, pp. 309, 314, 319.
- ^ Prensa Diputados 2011.
- ^ Atlas Electoral 2009.
Works cited
Online and list sources
- "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 1 August 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 1 August 2023.
- "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- "Osvaldo Guillermo Torrez Arisaca". vicepresidencia.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
Digital and print publications
- "Diversidad de planes para luchar contra la violencia en la C-11" [Multitude of Plans to Combat Violence in C-11]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. 9 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
Books and encyclopedias
- Chipana Lovera, Gaby (2009). Escóbar, Daniela; Fernández; Montserrat (eds.). "El Tejar: Las tejas que iban y venían de El Alto". In Rocha Velasco (2009), pp. 172–175.
- Gonzales Salas, Inés, ed. (2013). Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; OCLC 876429743.
- Rocha Velasco, Omar, ed. (2009). Mi Barrio cuenta y yo cuento con mi Barrio: Historia de 100 barrios paceños (in Spanish). La Paz: Concejo Municipal de La Paz. OCLC 648408790 – via the Internet Archive.
- OCLC 1050945993 – via the Internet Archive.
- Vargas Luna, María Elena; Villavicencio Arancibia, Jois Sarelly, eds. (2014). Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes 2010–2015 (in Spanish). La Paz: OCLC 961105285 – via the Internet Archive.
External links
- Parliamentary profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish).