Wilson Santamaría
Bolivian politician (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilson Pedro Santamaría Choque (born 9 September 1981) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and sociologist who served as vice minister of public security from 2019 to 2020. A graduate of the Higher University of San Andrés with extensive postgraduate studies, Santamaría entered the political field as a partisan of the National Unity Front and served as the party's municipal leader for La Paz. In 2014, he was elected as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the La Paz Department from 2015 to 2019.
Wilson Santamaría | |
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Minister of Government | |
In office 19 October 2020 – 20 October 2020 | |
President | Jeanine Áñez |
Preceded by | Arturo Murillo |
Succeeded by | Arturo Murillo |
Vice Minister of Public Security | |
In office 19 November 2019 – 5 November 2020 | |
President | Jeanine Áñez |
Minister | Arturo Murillo |
Preceded by | Wilfredo Chávez |
Succeeded by | Gonzalo Lazcano |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz | |
In office 18 January 2015 – 19 November 2019 | |
Substitute | Rufina Cladera |
Preceded by | Ana María Sempértegui |
Succeeded by | Rufina Cladera |
Constituency | Party list |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilson Pedro Santamaría Choque (1981-09-09) 9 September 1981 (age 42) La Paz, Bolivia |
Political party | Somos Pueblo (from 2019) |
Other political affiliations | National Unity Front (until 2019) |
Alma mater | Higher University of San Andrés |
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In parliament, Santamaría split with National Unity, reorienting himself towards the Social Democratic Movement and establishing a close personal relationship with colleague Rafael Quispe, whose party, Somos Pueblo, he joined. Following a failed second term bird in 2019, Santamaría entered the Áñez administration as vice minister of public security and served briefly as acting minister of government for a day between the removal and reinstatement of Arturo Murillo. Upon the conclusion of his tenure, Santamaría supported the gubernatorial campaign of Quispe and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the La Paz Departmental Legislative Assembly.