| Carlos Huallpa | |
| Office: | Minister of Mining and Metallurgy |
| President: | Jeanine Áñez |
| Term Start: | 18 November 2019 |
| Term End: | 8 May 2020 |
| Predecessor: | César Navarro |
| Successor: | Fernando Vásquez Arnez |
| Birth Name: | Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga |
| Birth Place: | Potosí, Bolivia |
Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga (born 1976) is a Bolivian miner, union leader, and politician who served as Minister of Mining and Metallurgy from 2019 to 2020 during the interim government of Jeanine Añez.[1] [2]
Carlos Huallpa was born in 1976 in Potosí. He was raised in a family of five children and was the son of a miner working at the Cerro Rico.[3] In 1995, Huallpa served mandatory military service in the Bolivian Air Force in Tarija. After this, he returned to Potosí and worked as a miner, finishing high school in 2002, and later becoming a mining leader of the Departmental Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Potosí.[4]
During the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, Huallpa organized a march from Potosí to La Paz to demand the resignation of President Evo Morales.[5] A demand achieved on 10 November.
On 18 November 2019, interim President Jeanine Áñez appointed Huallpa Minister of Mining and Metallurgy. He remained in the position until 8 May 2020 when he resigned ostensibly due to health issues and personal problems.[6] However, on 5 October Huallpa claimed in an interview that he was made to resign and that he had received pressure to appoint positions in state mining institutions.[7]