Samuel Doria Medina Auza (born 4 December 1958) is a politician in

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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 36 ...

and represented the party alongside

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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

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and won 5.65% of the vote. Doria Medina ran once again in the

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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

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