Samuel Plata
{{Short description|Bolivian politician (born 1970)}}
{{For|the American architect|Samuel Plato}}
{{Family name hatnote|Plata|Plata|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Samuel Plata
| image = Samuel Plata Plata. Official portrait, 2014. Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia. Original.png
| caption = Official portrait, 2014
| alt = Headshot of Samuel Plata
| office = {{Br list|Member of the Chamber of Deputies|from La Paz circumscription 2}}2
| 1blankname = {{Nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata = Domitila Flores
| term_start = 19 January 2010
| term_end = 18 January 2015
| predecessor = Víctor Márquez
| successor = Rubén Chambi{{efn-lg|Redistribution; circumscription 19.}}
| constituency = {{Hlist|Ingavi|Pacajes|Pando}}
| birth_name = Samuel Plata Plata
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chuncarcota de Machaca, La Paz, Bolivia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Movement for Socialism
| occupation = {{Hlist|Auto mechanic|politician}}
}}
Samuel Plata Plata (born 9 November 1970) is a Bolivian auto mechanic and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing circumscription 22 from 2010 to 2015. Born in a peasant community in the Altiplano plateau, Plata scaled the ranks of traditional leadership, serving as president of the Chuncarcota school board, mallku of his Aymara township, and finally, jach'a mallku cantonal of the three ayllus in the Urinsaya Marka, the sector's highest indigenous authority. Plata's prominent local presence led regional peasant sectors to nominate him as their representative in the Legislative Assembly, with the Movement for Socialism sponsoring his successful candidacy for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Early life and career
Samuel Plata was born on 9 November 1970, one of ten children born to Daniel Plata and Manuela Plata, a peasant family native to Chuncarcota de Machaca, situated on western La Paz's Altiplano plateau.{{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=124}} Together with his siblings, Plata was raised practicing subsistence farming, even as he simultaneously attended the local primary school, where he excelled as a student. As his school only ran up to fifth grade, Plata continued his studies one town over in Conchacollo de Machaca and later in the municipal capital, San Andrés de Machaca, a two-and-a-half hour bike trek he made daily.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=201}}
As a teenager, Plata moved to El Alto, where he studied to become an auto mechanic. He practiced that profession at various workshops in the city and did maintenance on heavy machinery for private companies. During this time, Plata became active in local community leadership, participating in events and meetings convened by the Villa Exaltación neighborhood council. By age 17, Plata had risen to become the organization's secretary of relations.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=201}}
Even as Plata's presence in El Alto grew, he maintained links to his indigenous community, collaborating with social organizations to organize sporting events and other activities for the town. Over time, Plata's visits became more frequent, and by 2003, he had re-settled in Chuncarcota, where he was elected president of the town's school board. The following year, Plata was named mallku, an indigenous authority charged with leading and representing the community before the municipal government and other institutions. By 2005, Plata had risen to become jach'a mallku cantonal, the highest indigenous authority of the sector, representing the three ayllus that make up the Urinsaya Marka.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1pp=201–202|2a1=Romero Ballivián|2y=2018|2p=462}}{{efn-lg|Per indigenous custom, the Aymara realm (Qullasuyu) is divided between suyus (provinces) made up of markas (regions), agglomerations of multiple autonomous ayllus, the collective landholdings of the Aymara. They are represented by a mallku (traditional leader) elected through usos y costumbres.{{Cite news |last=Weinberg |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Weinberg |date=2 September 2010 |title=Beyond Extraction: An Interview With Rafael Quispe |language=en |work=NACLA Report on the Americas |publisher=Routledge for the North American Congress on Latin America |publication-place=New York City |url=https://nacla.org/article/beyond-extraction-interview-rafael-quispe |url-status=live |access-date=5 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306113429/https://nacla.org/article/beyond-extraction-interview-rafael-quispe |archive-date=6 March 2012}} The San Andrés de Machaca Municipality is divided into two markas: Aransaya and Urinsaya, each one made up of three ayllus.{{sfn|Soliz|Fernández|2014|p=16}}}}
Chamber of Deputies
= Election =
{{Further|2009 Bolivian general election}}
In the leadup to the 2009 general election, Plata was put forward by his community to run for the region's seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He faced nine other pre-candidates for the nomination, each representing their respective municipalities. After a public event in the Taraco Municipality where each contestant presented their proposals and initiatives, Plata was finally selected from among the contenders to represent the Ingavi Province on the ballot. He registered his candidacy with the Movement for Socialism, with whom he won the election by an overwhelming margin.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=202|2a1=Romero Ballivián|2y=2018|2p=462}}
= Tenure =
Once in the Legislative Assembly, Plata was selected to chair La Paz's parliamentary delegation in his first year. He served in different committees within the Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission for two non-consecutive years and was a member of the Constitutional Development and Legislation Committee for three, chairing said body as its secretary in his final two years in office.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=202|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2pp=124; 307–320}} Upon the conclusion of his term, Plata was not nominated for reelection and was unable to contest local office due to a controversial ruling by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal stating that outgoing legislators did not meet residency requirements because their primary residence had been La Paz for the past two years.{{sfn|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=462}}{{Cite news |date=29 December 2014 |title=TSE ordena inhabilitar candidatura de legisladores |language=es |trans-title=TSE Orders Disqualification of Legislators' Candidacies |work=Opinión |agency=Agencia de Noticias Fides |publication-place=Cochabamba |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/el-pais/%EF%BB%BFtse-ordena-inhabilitar-candidatura-legisladores/20141229202300509267.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625222336/https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/el-pais/%EF%BB%BFtse-ordena-inhabilitar-candidatura-legisladores/20141229202300509267.html |archive-date=25 June 2022}} Plata was among the many legislators who protested the decision, presenting in his final days in office a bill to suspend electoral authorities who "put at risk" the rights of Bolivian citizens to participate in politics.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2015 |title=Diputado del MAS propone ley para suspender a vocales del TSE |trans-title=MAS Deputy Proposes Bill to Suspend Members of the TSE |url=https://www.hoybolivia.com/Noticia.php?IdNoticia=133498 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507013222/https://www.hoybolivia.com/Noticia.php?IdNoticia=133498 |archive-date=7 May 2015 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=hoybolivia.com |language=es}}
== Commission assignments ==
- Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission
- Constitutional Development and Legislation Committee (2011–2012; Secretary: 2013–2015){{Cite web |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |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=24 November 2022 |website=diputados.bo |publisher=Chamber of Deputies |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}{{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|pp=307; 311}}
- Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission
- Defense, Armed Forces, Borders, and Civil Defense Committee (2012–2013){{Cite web |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |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=24 November 2022 |website=diputados.bo |language=es |publication-place=Chamber of Deputies}}
- Public Security Committee (2010–2011){{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=320}}
Electoral history
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|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Samuel Plata}} ! 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)}};"| | 45,758 | 88.41% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | {{Cite web |title=Elecciones Generales 2009 {{!}} Atlas Electoral |url=https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/subproceso/61/1/5 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo |publisher=Plurinational Electoral Organ |language=es |location=La Paz}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=9 | Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ {{!}} [https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/ Electoral Atlas] |
References
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= Bibliography =
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- {{Cite book |editor-last=Gonzales Salas |editor-first=Inés |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/bolivien/10697.pdf |title=Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional |publisher=Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; Fundación Friedrich Ebert; IDEA Internacional |year=2013 |isbn=978-99954-93-05-9 |oclc=876429743 |pages=201–203 |language=es}}
- {{Cite book |last=Romero Ballivián |first=Salvador |author-link=Salvador Romero |editor-last=Quiroga Velasco |editor-first=Camilo |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324569555 |title=Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios 1979–2019 |publisher=Fundación de Apoyo al Parlamento y la Participación Ciudadana; Fundación Konrad Adenauer |year=2018 |isbn=978-99974-0-021-5 |oclc=1050945993 |edition=2nd |location=La Paz |page=462 |language=es |via=ResearchGate}}
- {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|Soliz|Fernández|2014}} |editor-last1=Soliz Tito |editor-first1=Lorenzo |editor-last2=Fernández Blacutt |editor-first2=Andrea |url=https://www.bivica.org/files/jovenes-rurales.pdf |title=Jóvenes rurales: Una aproximación a su problemática y perspectivas en seis regiones de Bolivia |publisher=Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado |year=2014 |isbn=978-99954-88-23-9 |oclc=903092472 |location=La Paz |language=es}}
- {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014}} |editor-last1=Vargas Luna |editor-first1=María Elena |editor-last2=Villavicencio Arancibia |editor-first2=Jois Sarelly |url=https://en.calameo.com/read/0041400856667cf344860 |title=Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes 2010–2015 |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia |year=2014 |location=La Paz |page=124 |language=es |oclc=961105285 |via=Calaméo}}
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External links
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- [https://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/spip.php?page=parlamentario&id_parlamentario=64 Parliamentary profile] Office of the Vice President {{inlang|es}}.
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