Samuel Doria Medina Auza (born 4 December 1958) is a politician in
Bolivia
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and former business person. From 1987 until 2014 he was the President and main shareholder in SOBOCE. SOBOCE is the largest cement manufacturer in Bolivia.
He is the leader of the
National Unity Front
The National Unity Front ( Spanish: ''Frente de Unidad Nacional'') is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded in late 2003 by Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza, who had broken with the Revolutionary Left Movement earlier that year. It has 3 ...
and represented the party alongside
Carlos Fernando Dabdoub Arrien
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in the
December 2005 Presidential Elections. In that election, Doria Medina finished 3rd with 7.8% of the national vote. He ran again in the
2009 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2009.
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* 2009 United Nations Security Council election
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* 2009 Antiguan general election
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and won 5.65% of the vote. Doria Medina ran once again in the
2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014.
* 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014
Africa
* 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014
* 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014
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; coming out second with 25.1 of the vote.
He has sought to position himself and his party as a moderate third force in Bolivian politics.
Bolivia opposition acknowledge Evo Morales victory
7 December 2009
References
1958 births
Living people
20th-century Bolivian politicians
21st-century Bolivian politicians
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Bolivian businesspeople
Bolivian economists
Candidates in the 2005 Bolivian presidential election
Candidates in the 2009 Bolivian presidential election
Candidates in the 2014 Bolivian presidential election
Government ministers of Bolivia
National Unity Front politicians
People from La Paz
Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia) politicians
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Bolivia
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