María Alanoca
Bolivian politician (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
María Alanoca Tinta (born 2 December 1960) is a Bolivian politician and trade unionist serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing circumscription 10 since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she represented the same department as a substitute alongside Wilfredo Calani from 2010 to 2015.
María Alanoca | |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz | |
Assumed office 3 November 2020 | |
Substitute | Zacarías Laura |
Preceded by | Saturnino Quispe |
Constituency | Circumscription 10 (El Alto) |
Substitute 25 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
Deputy | Wilfredo Calani |
Preceded by | Santusa Calizaya |
Succeeded by | Lidia Patty |
Constituency | Party list |
Personal details | |
Born | María Alanoca Tinta (1960-12-02) 2 December 1960 (age 63) Chipamaya, La Paz, Bolivia |
Political party | Movement for Socialism (2000–present) |
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Raised in the Los Andes Province of rural La Paz Department, Alanoca spent her youth employed as a palliri [es] in the mines of Sud Yungas Province. She settled in El Alto at age 17, working as a street vendor in the city's commercial district, an area dominated by the informal sector of the economy. An affiliate of the merchants' guilds representing El Alto's small traders, she served as general secretary of the union overseeing the La Ceja [es] district in the mid-1990s.
Alanoca was a founding member of a local branch of the Movement for Socialism in El Alto and held a seat on its directorate in 2000. Having served once before in the Chamber of Deputies as a substitute from 2010 to 2015, she was elected in 2019 and again in 2020 to her own seat representing circumscription 10 of El Alto in the lower chamber. A staunch supporter of party leader Evo Morales, she aligns with the evista wing of the Movement for Socialism in parliament, which distanced itself from the incumbent government of Luis Arce and operates in semi-opposition.[1]