Luis Gallego
{{Short description|Bolivian politician (born 1968)}}
{{Distinguish|Luís Galego|Luis Gallegos|Luisa Gallegos}}
{{About|the Bolivian politician|the Spanish businessman|Luis Gallego (businessman)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Gallego|Condori|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Luis Gallego
| image = Luis Gallego Condori. Official portrait, 2014. Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia. Original.png
| caption = Official portrait, 2014
| alt = Headshot of Luis Gallego
| office = {{Br list|Member of the Chamber of Deputies|from Potosí circumscription 39}}
| 1blankname = {{Nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata = Filomena Mamani
| term_start = 19 January 2010
| term_end = 18 January 2015
| predecessor = Hilarión Bustos
| successor = Rosa Álvarez
| constituency = Rafael Bustillo
| birth_name = Luis Gallego Condori
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|06|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Huayllani, Potosí, Bolivia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Movement for Socialism {{Nowrap|(2005–2017)}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Lawyer|politician}}
| signature = (Signature) Luis Gallego.svg
| signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
}}
Luis Gallego Condori (born 21 June 1968) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Potosí, representing circumscription 39 from 2010 to 2015.
Born in a peasant community in one of the least developed regions of rural Potosí, Gallego completed only portions of his primary education before dropping out to focus on agricultural work. As a young adult, he began scaling the ranks of traditional leadership, holding posts of both cultural and political significance within his Quechua community.
In 2009, Gallego was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the Movement for Socialism, a party he militantly supported, only to later grow disenfranchised with. He sought to be elected ombudsman of Bolivia in 2022, but his previous political service disqualified him from holding the position.
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Early life and career
Luis Gallego was born on 21 June 1968 to Severino Gallego and Dorotea Condori, a peasant family native to Huayllani in the rural foothills of northern Potosí.{{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=76}} Gallego spent his childhood in poverty, studying up to middle school before dropping out to dedicate himself to agricultural work.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=307}} As a young adult, Gallego was selected to serve as a {{lang|es|jilanqu}}, an indigenous authority charged with serving several {{lang|es|jisk'a ayllus}}, or small communities.{{sfnm|1a1=Guzmán Boutier|1y=2011|1p=211|2a1=Romero Ballivián|2y=2018|2p=245}} In the ensuing years, he reached the position of {{lang|es|segunda mayor}}, the highest authority in his {{lang|es|ayllu}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Guzmán Boutier|1y=2011|1p=211|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=76}} Gallego's political trajectory led him to hold office on his {{lang|es|ayllu}}{{'}}s school board and serve as its communal mayor before finally rising to become {{lang|es|corregidor}}, the most important political position within the {{lang|es|ayllus}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Guzmán Boutier|1y=2011|1p=215|2a1=Gonzales Salas|2y=2013|2p=307|3a1=Vargas|3a2=Villavicencio|3y=2014|3p=76}}
Chamber of Deputies
= Election =
{{Further|2009 Bolivian general election}}
In 2009, Gallego was selected by the {{lang|es|ayllus}} to run for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He registered his candidacy with the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP){{snd}}a party he had been an active member of since 2005{{snd}}and was presented to run in Potosí's circumscription 39, encompassing his home Bustillo Province. He won the race handily, defeating his next closest competitor by a wide margin, although his percentage is diluted down to a 42.1 percent plurality when the high tally of blank and null votes are taken into account.{{sfn|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=245}}
= Tenure =
In parliament, Gallego drafted more than twenty bills relating to agriculture, irrigation, and mining in northern Potosí and worked to secure the delivery of agricultural machinery to the department's municipalities. He successfully procured a collective ownership title in favor of the Chullpa {{lang|es|ayllu}} and was a leading proponent of the bill that declared the waters of the disputed Silala River a strategic natural resource of the state.{{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=76}} Upon the conclusion of his term, Gallego was not nominated for reelection.{{sfn|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=245}}
= Commission assignments =
- Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office, and Legal Defense of the State Commission
- Rural Native Indigenous Jurisdiction Committee (Secretary: 2010–2012, 2013–2014){{sfnm|1a1=Prensa Diputados|1y=2011|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2pp=307; 312; 317}}
- Plural Economy, Production, and Industry Commission
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Committee (2012–2013){{sfn|Prensa Diputados|2012}}
- Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission
- Constitutional Review and Legislative Harmonization Committee (2014–2015){{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=307}}
Later career
Despite his militant support for the MAS{{snd}}even once controversially threatening to whip those who did not vote in favor of the ruling party{{sfn|UNITEL|2014}}{{snd}}Gallego later grew disenfranchised with the party. He ultimately resigned from its ranks in 2017, claiming that it had grown "elite" and no longer attended to the needs of the indigenous peoples of Potosí.{{sfn|Página Siete|2017}}{{efn-lg|A similar case to Gallego's is that of his brother, Máximo. A member of an anti-government faction of the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu,{{sfn|Noticias Fides|2017}} he ran for a seat in the Senate on the Bolivia Says No ticket in 2019,{{sfn|Página Siete|2019}} later serving as vice minister of decolonization in the administration of Jeanine Áñez.{{sfn|La Razón|2019}}}} Gallego spent the ensuing years in political retirement, during which time he graduated as a lawyer from the Bolivian Technological University.{{sfn|Hoja de Vida|2022|pp=16; 20}}
In 2022, Gallego returned to the spotlight when he registered his application as a candidate for ombudsman. Despite an official prohibition on applicants who had held elective office in the previous eight years, Gallego was initially given the green light to move to the second phase.{{sfn|El Deber|2022|p=5}} However, he was later disqualified upon opposition appeal, dashing his hopes of holding the position.{{sfnm|1a1=Los Tiempos|1y=2022|2a1=La Razón|2y=2022}}
Electoral history
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|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Luis Gallego}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Year ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}. |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}. |
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2009
| Deputy | style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};"| | 15,998 | 62.81% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | {{sfn|Atlas Electoral|2009}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2022
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | | colspan=3 {{CNone|Disqualified}} | {{no2|Lost}} | {{sfn|La Razón|2022}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=9 | Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ {{!}} [https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/ Electoral Atlas] |
References
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Online and list sources
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- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Prensa Diputados|2011}} |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |website=diputados.bo |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526205735/http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |archive-date=26 May 2011 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Prensa Diputados|2012}} |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |website=diputados.bo |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205103931/http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Atlas Electoral|2009}} |title=Elecciones Generales 2009 {{!}} Atlas Electoral |url=https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/subproceso/61/1/5 |website=atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo |language=es |location=La Paz |publisher=Órgano Electoral Plurinacional |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Hoja de Vida|2022}} |title=Hoja de Vida: Luis Gallego Condori |url=https://web.senado.gob.bo/sites/default/files/avisos/31%20GALLEGO%20CONDORI%20LUIS.pdf |website=web.senado.gob.bo |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805010019/https://web.senado.gob.bo/sites/default/files/avisos/31%20GALLEGO%20CONDORI%20LUIS.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2022 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
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Digital and print publications
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- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|La Razón|2019}} |last=Ariñez |first=Rubén |date=19 November 2019 |title=Culturas posesiona a viceministros de descolonización, turismo e interculturalidad |trans-title=Ministry of Cultures Appoints Vice Ministers of Decolonization, Tourism, and Interculturality |url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2019/11/19/culturas-posesiona-a-viceministros-de-descolonizacion-turismo-e-interculturalidad |work=La Razón |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002025527/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2019/11/19/culturas-posesiona-a-viceministros-de-descolonizacion-turismo-e-interculturalidad |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|El Deber|2022}} |last=Chuquimia |first=Marco Antonio |date=13 April 2022 |title=Tres casos emblemáticos de candidatos relacionados con el MAS |trans-title=Three Emblematic Cases of Candidates Affiliated with the MAS |url=https://archive.org/details/eldeber-20310/page/5 |work=El Deber |language=es |publication-place=Santa Cruz de la Sierra |page=5 |access-date=3 October 2023 |via=the Internet Archive}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|Noticias Fides|2017}} |title=CONAMAQ orgánico convoca a una marcha para el 21F en contra de la repostulación |trans-title=Organic CONAMAQ Calls for a 21F March Against Morales's Re-nomination |url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/conamaq-organico-convoca-a-una-marcha-para-el-21-f-en-contra-de-la-repostulacion-375175 |agency=Agencia de Noticias Fides |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |date=3 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204102130/http://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/conamaq-organico-convoca-a-una-marcha-para-el-21-f-en-contra-de-la-repostulacion-375175 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |access-date=3 October 2023}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|Página Siete|2019}} |title=Conozca las listas de candidatos a senadores de cinco partidos en carrera electoral |trans-title=See the Lists of Senatorial Candidates from Five Parties in the Running |url=https://archive.org/details/paginasiete-3414/page/5 |work=Página Siete |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |date=21 July 2019 |page=4 |access-date=3 October 2023 |via=the Internet Archive}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|Los Tiempos|2022}} |title=Creemos impugna a 25 candidatos para la Defensoría del Pueblo |trans-title=Creemos Challenges 25 Candidates for the Ombudsman's Office |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20220414/creemos-impugna-25-candidatos-defensoria-del-pueblo |work=Los Tiempos |language=es |publication-place=Cochabamba |date=14 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414200900/https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20220414/creemos-impugna-25-candidatos-defensoria-del-pueblo |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|UNITEL|2014}} |title=Diputado Gallego ratifica aplicar el 'voto chicotazo' a nivel nacional |trans-title=Deputy Gallego Reiterates Threat to "Whip the Vote" at the National Level |url=https://noticias.unitel.bo/hemeroteca/diputado-gallego-ratifica-aplicar-el-voto-chicotazo-a-nivel-nacional-DEUN89140 |work=UNITEL |language=es |publication-place=Santa Cruz de la Sierra |agency=Agencia de Noticias Fides |date=6 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918230309/https://noticias.unitel.bo/hemeroteca/diputado-gallego-ratifica-aplicar-el-voto-chicotazo-a-nivel-nacional-DEUN89140 |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|Página Siete|2017}} |title=El exdiputado Gallego dimite como militante del MAS |trans-title=Former Deputy Gallego Resigns As MAS Partisan |url=http://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2017/2/17/exdiputado-gallego-dimite-como-militante-127669.html |work=Página Siete |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |date=17 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217061233/http://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2017/2/17/exdiputado-gallego-dimite-como-militante-127669.html |archive-date=17 February 2017 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|La Razón|2022}} |last=Ibáñez |first=Marco Antonio |date=17 April 2022 |title=De los 66 habilitados a la Defensoría, 73% son varones |trans-title=Of the 66 Qualifying Ombudsman Candidates, 73% Are Men |url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2022/04/17/de-los-66-habilitados-a-la-defensoria-73-son-varones |work=La Razón |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418000541/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2022/04/17/de-los-66-habilitados-a-la-defensoria-73-son-varones |archive-date=18 April 2022 |access-date=2 October 2023}}
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Academic journals
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- {{Cite journal |last=Guzmán Boutier |first=Omar Qamasa |year=2011 |title=Apuntes acerca del sistema de cargos en los ayllus bolivianos |trans-title=Notes About the Political System in the Bolivian Ayllus |url=http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0040-29152011000100009 |journal=Temas Sociales |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |issue=31 |pages=201–241 |issn=2413-5720 |via=SciELO}}
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Bibliography
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External links
- [https://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/spip.php?page=parlamentario&id_parlamentario=109 Parliamentary profile] Office of the Vice President {{inlang|es}}.
- [https://web.senado.gob.bo/sites/default/files/avisos/31%20GALLEGO%20CONDORI%20LUIS.pdf Curriculum vitae] Chamber of Senators {{inlang|es}}.
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