Luis Gallego

Not to be confused with Luís Galego, Luis Gallegos, or Luisa Gallegos.

This article is about the Bolivian politician. For the Spanish businessman, see Luis Gallego (businessman).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gallego and the second or maternal family name is Condori.

Luis Gallego
Official portrait, 2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Potosí circumscription 39
In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015
Substitute	Filomena Mamani
Preceded by	Hilarión Bustos
Succeeded by	Rosa Álvarez
Constituency	Rafael Bustillo
Personal details
Born	Luis Gallego Condori (1968-06-21) 21 June 1968 Huayllani, Potosí, Bolivia
Political party	Movement for Socialism (2005–2017)
Occupation	Lawyer politician
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Luis Gallego Condori (born 21 June 1968) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Potosí, representing circumscription 39 from 2010 to 2015.

Born in a peasant community in one of the least developed regions of rural Potosí, Gallego completed only portions of his primary education before dropping out to focus on agricultural work. As a young adult, he began scaling the ranks of traditional leadership, holding posts of both cultural and political significance within his Quechua community.

In 2009, Gallego was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the Movement for Socialism, a party he militantly supported, only to later grow disenfranchised with. He sought to be elected ombudsman of Bolivia in 2022, but his previous political service disqualified him from holding the position.

Early life and career

Luis Gallego was born on 21 June 1968 to Severino Gallego and Dorotea Condori, a peasant family native to Huayllani in the rural foothills of northern Potosí. Gallego spent his childhood in poverty, studying up to middle school before dropping out to dedicate himself to agricultural work. As a young adult, Gallego was selected to serve as a jilanqu, an indigenous authority charged with serving several jisk'a ayllus, or small communities. In the ensuing years, he reached the position of segunda mayor, the highest authority in his ayllu. Gallego's political trajectory led him to hold office on his ayllu's school board and serve as its communal mayor before finally rising to become corregidor, the most important political position within the ayllus.

Chamber of Deputies

Election

Further information: 2009 Bolivian general election

In 2009, Gallego was selected by the ayllus to run for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He registered his candidacy with the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) – a party he had been an active member of since 2005 – and was presented to run in Potosí's circumscription 39, encompassing his home Bustillo Province. He won the race handily, defeating his next closest competitor by a wide margin, although his percentage is diluted down to a 42.1 percent plurality when the high tally of blank and null votes are taken into account.

Tenure

In parliament, Gallego drafted more than twenty bills relating to agriculture, irrigation, and mining in northern Potosí and worked to secure the delivery of agricultural machinery to the department's municipalities. He successfully procured a collective ownership title in favor of the Chullpa ayllu and was a leading proponent of the bill that declared the waters of the disputed Silala River a strategic natural resource of the state. Upon the conclusion of his term, Gallego was not nominated for reelection.

Commission assignments

• Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office, and Legal Defense of the State Commission
  • Rural Native Indigenous Jurisdiction Committee (Secretary: 2010–2012, 2013–2014)
• Plural Economy, Production, and Industry Commission
  • Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Committee (2012–2013)
• Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission
  • Constitutional Review and Legislative Harmonization Committee (2014–2015)

Later career

Despite his militant support for the MAS – even once controversially threatening to whip those who did not vote in favor of the ruling party – Gallego later grew disenfranchised with the party. He ultimately resigned from its ranks in 2017, claiming that it had grown "elite" and no longer attended to the needs of the indigenous peoples of Potosí. Gallego spent the ensuing years in political retirement, during which time he graduated as a lawyer from the Bolivian Technological University.

In 2022, Gallego returned to the spotlight when he registered his application as a candidate for ombudsman. Despite an official prohibition on applicants who had held elective office in the previous eight years, Gallego was initially given the green light to move to the second phase. However, he was later disqualified upon opposition appeal, dashing his hopes of holding the position.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Luis Gallego

Year	Office	Party		Votes			Result	Ref.
				Total	%	P.
2009	Deputy		Movement for Socialism	15,998	62.81%	1st	Won
2022	Ombudsman		Nonpartisan	Disqualified			Lost
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References

Works cited

Online and list sources

• "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
• "Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
• "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
• "Hoja de Vida: Luis Gallego Condori" (PDF). web.senado.gob.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Senadores del Estado Plurinacional. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

Digital and print publications

• Ariñez, Rubén (19 November 2019). "Culturas posesiona a viceministros de descolonización, turismo e interculturalidad" [Ministry of Cultures Appoints Vice Ministers of Decolonization, Tourism, and Interculturality]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
• Chuquimia, Marco Antonio (13 April 2022). "Tres casos emblemáticos de candidatos relacionados con el MAS" [Three Emblematic Cases of Candidates Affiliated with the MAS]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
• "CONAMAQ orgánico convoca a una marcha para el 21F en contra de la repostulación" [Organic CONAMAQ Calls for a 21F March Against Morales's Re-nomination] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
• "Conozca las listas de candidatos a senadores de cinco partidos en carrera electoral" [See the Lists of Senatorial Candidates from Five Parties in the Running]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 21 July 2019. p. 4. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via the Internet Archive.
• "Creemos impugna a 25 candidatos para la Defensoría del Pueblo" [Creemos Challenges 25 Candidates for the Ombudsman's Office]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
• "Diputado Gallego ratifica aplicar el 'voto chicotazo' a nivel nacional" [Deputy Gallego Reiterates Threat to "Whip the Vote" at the National Level]. UNITEL (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
• "El exdiputado Gallego dimite como militante del MAS" [Former Deputy Gallego Resigns As MAS Partisan]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
• Ibáñez, Marco Antonio (17 April 2022). "De los 66 habilitados a la Defensoría, 73% son varones" [Of the 66 Qualifying Ombudsman Candidates, 73% Are Men]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

Academic journals

• Guzmán Boutier, Omar Qamasa (2011). "Apuntes acerca del sistema de cargos en los ayllus bolivianos" [Notes About the Political System in the Bolivian Ayllus]. Temas Sociales (in Spanish) (31). La Paz: 201–241. ISSN 2413-5720 – via SciELO.

Bibliography

• Gonzales Salas, Inés, ed. (2013). Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (in Spanish). Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; Fundación Friedrich Ebert; IDEA Internacional. pp. 307–309. ISBN 978-99954-93-05-9. OCLC 876429743 – via the Internet Archive.
• Romero Ballivián, Salvador (2018). Quiroga Velasco, Camilo (ed.). Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios 1979–2019 (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: FUNDAPPAC; Fundación Konrad Adenauer. pp. 244–245. ISBN 978-99974-0-021-5. OCLC 1050945993 – via the Internet Archive.
• Vargas Luna, María Elena; Villavicencio Arancibia, Jois Sarelly, eds. (2014). Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes 2010–2015 (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. p. 76. OCLC 961105285 – via the Internet Archive.

External links

• Parliamentary profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish).
• Curriculum vitae Chamber of Senators (in Spanish).