Wilson Santamaría Explained

Wilson Santamaría
Office:Minister of Government
Status:Acting
President:Jeanine Áñez
Term Start:19 October 2020
Term End:20 October 2020
Predecessor:Arturo Murillo
Successor:Arturo Murillo
Office1:Vice Minister of Public Security
President1:Jeanine Áñez
1Namedata1:Arturo Murillo
Term Start1:19 November 2019
Term End1:5 November 2020
Predecessor1:Wilfredo Chávez
Successor1:Gonzalo Lazcano
1Namedata2:Rufina Cladera
Term Start2:18 January 2015
Term End2:19 November 2019
Predecessor2:Ana María Sempértegui
Successor2:Rufina Cladera
Constituency2:Party list
Birth Name:Wilson Pedro Santamaría Choque
Birth Date:9 September 1981
Birth Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Party:Somos Pueblo
Alma Mater:Higher University of San Andrés

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.

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.

Early life and education

Wilson Santamaría was born on 9 September 1981 in La Paz. He graduated as a lawyer and sociologist from the Higher University of San Andrés and received a diploma in higher education from the institute's Center for Psychopedagogy and Research in Higher Education. He later completed specialization courses in public administration and economic development at the University of Valle and Bolivian Catholic University, respectively, before traveling abroad to Spain, where he received a master's in development planning and sustainable management.[1]

Chamber of Deputies

Election

An active partisan of the National Unity Front (UN), Santamaría served as the party's municipal leader for La Paz.[2] In 2014, he was elected to represent the Department of La Paz in the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the Democratic Unity (UD) coalition, an alliance between UN and the Social Democratic Movement (MDS). As part of their shared pact, UN and the MDS had given one another ample autonomy to define their own electoral lists in the regions where they held the highest presence, giving La Paz-based UN greater sway over UD's candidates in the department.[3]

Tenure

Entering parliament, Santamaría was selected to serve as deputy leader of the UD caucus for the 2016–2017 term.[4] Promoted to full leader the following year,[5] Santamaría's term contended with the eternal divisions of the UD caucus, a grouping that operated less as a unified force and more as a collection of competing parties.[6] Given the task of wrangling opposing factions, Santamaría faced criticism for his apathetic leadership style, opting to travel abroad while legislators back home squabbled amongst themselves over important committee assignments.[7]

As his term went on, Santamaría progressively disassociated himself from UN. He resigned as the party's municipal leader in 2018 and ceased participating in internal party meetings altogether just a few months later.[8] Simultaneously, he also developed relations with partisans of the MDS, supporting the election of one of its members, Gonzalo Barrientos, to succeed him as caucus leader.[9] However, Santamaría's most important relationships were with other independently-minded UD deputies. In particular, he, along with Amilcar Barral and Rafael Quispe, were noted as having "closed ranks as a trio," with the former two having previously defended Quispe in court years prior.[10] When Santamaría definitively split from UN in early 2019,[11] he did not join the MDS but rather became a member of Quispe's party, Somos Pueblo.[12]

With the campaign underway for the 2019 general election, Santamaría and Quispe joined forces with the MDS to support the presidential candidacy of Oscar Ortiz.[13] While Quispe bided his time with a view toward contesting the La Paz governorship,[14] Santamaría sought reelection to the Chamber of Deputies.[15] However, he was denied a second term at the ballot box amid a nationwide underperformance for the MDS, which took home fourth nationally and dropped to fifth in La Paz.[16] [17]

Commission assignments

Later political career

Despite the loss, Santamaría's political prospects soon rebounded as allegations of electoral fraud provoked the collapse of the Evo Morales administration. Following the accession of MDS Senator Jeanine Áñez to the presidency,[23] Santamaría was appointed to serve in the Ministry of Government as vice minister of public security.[24] His yearlong tenure was exceptionally busy, as he oversaw efforts to maintain public security amid continued social unrest,[25] efforts by the transitional government to detain and prosecute former ruling party officials,[26] and, later, state enforcement of quarantine measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic—as well as routine work to crack down on crime and delinquency.[27] [28]

Right-hand to Minister Arturo Murillo,[29] Santamaría assumed office as acting minister of government following Murillo's censure and removal by the Legislative Assembly.[30] Despite initial expectations that he would remain in the position for the duration of the transition,[31] Santamaría ultimately held the post for just one day,[32] as Áñez soon reversed course and reappointed Murillo.[33] As the transitional government's work drew to a close, Santamaría submitted his resignation on 5 November, leaving office a few days before the formal transition of power.

With his vice-ministerial tenure concluded, Santamaría returned to electoral politics, participating in the launch of Rafael Quispe's 2021 gubernatorial bid.[34] [35] For the accompanying municipal election, Santamaría was considered as a possible La Paz mayoral candidate on behalf of Somos Pueblo. He came close to receiving the nomination, appearing on Quispe's shortlist of potential candidates, alongside Eduardo León and Iván Arias,[36] who ultimately won the nomination and, later, the mayoralty.[37] [38] Blocked out of contesting the mayoralty himself, Santamaría instead accompanied Quispe in the gubernatorial race, seeking a seat in the La Paz Departmental Legislative Assembly. Although Somos Pueblo's not-insignificant third-place finish did net it representation in the legislature, Santamaría's bottom-of-the-list placement on the party's electoral slate meant that he was not among those elected.[39] [40]

Electoral history

Year! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2
OfficePartyAllianceVotesResult.
Total%.
2014DeputyNational Unity FrontDemocratic Unity215,36014.75%2nd[41]
2019Somos PuebloBolivia Says No19,8921.19%5th[42]
2021AssemblymanSomos Pueblo-222,17020.87%3rd[43]
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ Electoral Atlas

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilson Pedro Santamaría Choque . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191022170014/https://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/spip.php?page=parlamentario&id_parlamentario=669 . 2019-10-22 . 2022-12-24 . vicepresidencia.gob.bo . . es . La Paz.
  2. News: 2018-05-03 . Wilson Santamaría renuncia a la jefatura municipal de UN en La Paz . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224065946/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/wilson-santamaria-renuncia-a-la-jefatura-municipal-de-un-en-la-paz-387735 . 2022-12-24.
  3. News: Vacaflor . Nancy . 28 June 2014 . Opositores alistan renuncias para candidatear en elecciones . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 1 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220202112830/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2014/6/28/opositores-alistan-renuncias-para-candidatear-elecciones-25413.html . 2 February 2022.
  4. News: 2016-01-23 . Lourdes Millares es la nueva jefa de bancada de UD en la Cámara de Diputados . es . eju! . Santa Cruz de la Sierra . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180609052759/https://eju.tv/2016/01/lourdes-millares-la-nueva-jefa-bancada-ud-la-camara-diputados/ . 2018-06-09.
  5. News: 2017-01-18 . Santamaría es elegido jefe de bancada de diputados en UD . es . ERBOL . La Paz . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225072108/https://anteriorportal.erbol.com.bo/noticia/politica/18012017/santamaria_es_elegido_jefe_de_bancada_de_diputados_en_ud . 2022-12-25.
  6. News: Ortiz . Pablo . 2019-02-05 . La bancada de Unidad Demócrata se desarma en el último año de mandato . es . . Santa Cruz de la Sierra . live . registration . 2022-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701223426/https://eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/la-bancada-de-unidad-democrata-se-desarma-en-el-ultimo-ano-de-mandato_84574 . 2022-07-01.
  7. News: 2017-02-01 . Demócratas protestan contra su jefe de bancada por viajar cuando se debía conformar comisiones . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224100833/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/jefe-de-bancada-de-ud-se-va-de-viaje-cuando-se-armaban-comisiones-y-democratas-protestan-375105 . 2022-12-24.
  8. News: 2018-05-18 . Diputado Santamaría toma distancia de Unidad Nacional . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224065923/https://www.pub.eldiario.net/noticias/2018/2018_05/nt180518/politica.php?n=69&-diputado-santamaria-toma-distancia-de-unidad-nacional . 2022-12-24.
  9. News: 2018-02-01 . Barrientos dice que él es el jefe de bancada de UD en la Cámara de Diputados . es . Urgente.bo . La Paz . live . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224100836/https://urgente.bo/noticia/barrientos-dice-que-%C3%A9l-es-el-jefe-de-bancada-de-ud-en-la-c%C3%A1mara-de-diputados . 2022-12-24.
  10. News: 27 March 2019 . Barral, Santamaría y Quispe: De amigos a rivales políticos . es . Urgente.bo . La Paz . live . 9 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726220557/https://www.urgente.bo/noticia/barral-santamar%C3%ADa-y-quispe-de-amigos-rivales-pol%C3%ADticos . 26 July 2022.
  11. News: 2019-01-21 . Diputado Santamaría formalizará su alejamiento definitivo de UN . es . . Cochabamba . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224065922/https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/el-pais/diputado-santamar-iacute-formalizar-aacute-alejamiento-definitivo/20190121142100638937.html . 2022-12-24.
  12. News: Carballo . María . 27 July 2018 . Quispe se aleja de UD y lidera un grupo que busca la Gobernación . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 12 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220805180222/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/quispe-se-aleja-de-ud-y-lidera-un-grupo-que-busca-la-gobernacion-MKPS188598 . 5 August 2022.
  13. News: Guarachi . Ángel . 2019-03-25 . Los opositores Quispe y Santamaría firman acuerdo y apoyan la candidatura de Oscar Ortiz . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224065924/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2019/03/25/los-opositores-quispe-y-santamaria-firman-acuerdo-y-apoyan-la-candidatura-de-oscar-ortiz-2/ . 2022-12-24.
  14. News: Ariñez . Rubén . 30 September 2019 . Quispe lanza su candidatura para la Gobernación de La Paz por el frente Pueblo . es . . La Paz . live . 3 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220813170547/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2019/09/30/quispe-lanza-su-candidatura-para-la-gobernacion-de-la-paz-por-el-frente-pueblo/ . 13 August 2022.
  15. News: Layme . Beatriz . 23 July 2019 . Gente de confianza de los jefes figura en la franja de seguridad . . La Paz . live . subscription . 2 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220602201900/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/gente-de-confianza-de-los-jefes-figura-en-la-franja-de-seguridad-CDPS225043 . 2 June 2022.
  16. News: 2019-10-20 . Oscar Ortiz da su apoyo a Mesa 'sin ninguna condición' . es . ERBOL . La Paz . live . 2022-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191022001723/https://erbol.com.bo/el-%C3%A1nfora-1/%C3%B3scar-ortiz-da-su-apoyo-mesa-%E2%80%9Csin-ninguna-condici%C3%B3n%E2%80%9D . 2019-10-22.
  17. News: 2019-10-24 . El MAS gana en La Paz, Cochabamba, Pando, y CC en Tarija y Santa Cruz . es . . Oruro . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225083131/https://impresa.lapatria.bo/noticia/1003659/el-mas-gana-en-la-paz-cochabamba-pando-y-el-cc-en-tarija-y-santa-cruz . 2022-12-25.
  18. 692461221979750403. Diputados_Bol. La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2016–2017. Chamber of Deputies. 2016-01-27. 2022-11-22. es. La Paz. https://web.archive.org/web/20221123072958/https://twitter.com/Diputados_Bol/status/692461221979750403. 2022-11-23. live.
  19. 826588912852271104. Diputados_Bol. La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2017–2018. Chamber of Deputies. 2017-01-31. 2022-11-22. es. La Paz. https://web.archive.org/web/20221123084029/https://twitter.com/Diputados_Bol/status/826588912852271104. 2022-11-23. live.
  20. Web site: 2018-02-01 . La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2018–2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180214145500/http://www.diputados.bo:80/prensa/noticias/pese-las-pugnas-en-la-oposici%C3%B3n-la-c%C3%A1mara-de-diputados-conform%C3%B3-sus-12-comisiones-y . 2018-02-14 . 2022-11-22 . diputados.bo . . es . La Paz.
  21. Web site: 2019-01-24 . La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2019–2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190128050536/http://www.diputados.bo:80/prensa/noticias/diputados-definen-conformaci%C3%B3n-de-comisiones-y-comit%C3%A9s-2019-2020-pese-pugnas-en-la . 2019-01-28 . 2022-11-22 . diptuados.bo . . es . La Paz.
  22. Web site: 2015-01-29 . La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2015–2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150717014503/http://www.diputados.bo:80/index.php/noticias/actualidad-legislativa/1646-diputados-conformaron-sus-comisiones-y-comites . 2015-07-17 . 2022-11-22 . diputados.bo . . es . La Paz.
  23. News: Paredes . Iván Alejandro . 2020-02-02 . Demócratas renace y gobierna en el país después un duro golpe electoral . es . . Santa Cruz de la Sierra . live . registration . 2022-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124023145/https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/democratas-renace-y-gobierna-en-el-pais-despues-un-duro-golpe-electoral_164473 . 2022-11-24.
  24. News: 2019-11-19 . Wilson Santamaría asume como viceministro de Seguridad Ciudadana . es . ERBOL . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191120105104/https://erbol.com.bo/nacional/wilson-santamar%C3%ADa-asume-como-viceministro-de-seguridad-ciudadana . 2019-11-20.
  25. News: 2020-08-15 . Casi el 100% de las carreteras del país están transitables . es . . . Sucre . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811214525/https://correodelsur.com/politica/20200815_casi-el-100-de-las-carreteras-del-pais-estan-transitables.html . 2022-08-11.
  26. News: 2019-12-24 . Bolivia 'no permitirá' que México ayude a escapar a los refugiados en embajada . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225120206/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/bolivia-quot-no-permitiraquot-que-mexico-ayude-a-escapar-a-los-refugiados-en-embajada-HFPS241457 . 2022-12-25.
  27. News: 2020-03-19 . Santamaría cree que se cumple de manera correcta con la cuarentena . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225120309/https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/santamaria-cree-que-se-cumple-de-manera-correcta-con-la-cuarentena-JEPS250238 . 2022-12-25.
  28. News: 2020-11-05 . Wilson Santamaría renuncia a su cargo como viceministro de Seguridad Ciudadana . es . Urgente.bo . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105173552/https://urgente.bo/noticia/wilson-santamar%C3%ADa-renuncia-su-cargo-como-viceministro-de-seguridad-ciudadana . 2020-11-05.
  29. News: 2020-10-25 . Wilson Santamaría, mano derecha de Arturo Murillo, fue detenido por conducir en estado de ebriedad . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025183051/https://www.atb.com.bo/seguridad/video-wilson-santamar%C3%ADa-mano-derecha-de-arturo-murillo-fue-detenido-por-conducir-en-estado-de-ebriedad . 2022-10-25.
  30. News: 2020-10-20 . Posesionaron a Santamaría como titular de Gobierno . es . . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225122248/https://www.pub.eldiario.net/movil/index.php?n=39&a=2020&m=10&d=20 . 2022-12-25.
  31. News: 2020-10-19 . Nuevo ministro de Gobierno asume 'con profundo compromiso' su designación . es . . Santa Cruz de la Sierra . live . registration . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201180042/https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/nuevo-ministro-de-gobierno-asume-con-profundo-compromiso-su-designacion_205338 . 2021-12-01.
  32. News: 2020-11-04 . Wilson Santamaría deja el viceministerio de Seguridad Ciudadana . es . . Sucre . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105011402/https://correodelsur.com/politica/20201104_wilson-santamaria-deja-el-viceministerio-de-seguridad-ciudadana.html . 2020-11-05.
  33. News: 2020-10-21 . Áñez desafía a la Asamblea y restituye a Murillo y al ministro de Educación tras su moción de censura . es . . Madrid . live . 2021-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201172629/https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-anez-desafia-asamblea-restituye-murillo-ministro-educacion-mocion-censura-20201021021134.html . 1 December 2021.
  34. News: Melendres Galvis . Miguel Angel . 4 November 2020 . Tata Quispe renuncia a su viceministerio e inaugura su Casa de Campaña para las subnacionales . es . . Santa Cruz de la Sierra . live . registration . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201121050401/https://eldeber.com.bo/pais/tata-quispe-renuncia-a-su-viceministerio-e-inaugura-su-casa-de-campana-para-las-subnacionales_207404 . 21 November 2020.
  35. News: 2020-11-05 . Santamaría asegura que en su gestión bajó la delincuencia al 50% . es . Urgente.bo . La Paz . live . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105173552/https://urgente.bo/noticia/santamar%C3%ADa-asegura-que-en-su-gesti%C3%B3n-baj%C3%B3-la-delincuencia-al-50 . 2020-11-05.
  36. News: 2020-12-04 . Quispe analiza entre Arias, Santamaría o León como posibles candidatos a la alcaldía de La Paz . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201216221228/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/quispe-analiza-entre-arias-santamaria-o-leon-como-posibles-candidatos-a-la-alcaldia-de-la-paz-407350 . 2020-12-16.
  37. News: 2020-12-28 . Quispe y Arias lanzan en conjunto sus candidaturas con Somos Pueblo . es . . ERBOL . Cochabamba . live . 2022-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201228152505/https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20201228/quispe-arias-lanzan-conjunto-sus-candidaturas-somos-pueblo . 2020-12-28.
  38. News: Segales . Erika . 2021-03-08 . Con sus zapatos en alto, Arias promete una gestión de a pie . es . . La Paz . live . subscription . 2022-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726181147/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/con-sus-zapatos-en-alto-arias-promete-una-gestion-de-a-pie-BJPS286722 . 2022-07-26.
  39. Web site: 2021 . Lista Final de Candidaturas Habilitadas de las Organizaciones Políticas y Alianzas en La Paz: Por el Bien Común – Somos Pueblo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301191502/https://www.oep.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Candidaturas_Dep_LaPaz_06_03_2021.pdf . 2022-03-01 . 2022-12-25 . oep.org.bo . . 11.
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