Diego Pary Rodríguez is a Bolivian
Quechua
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indigenous leader, educator, politician and diplomat. He served as Advisor to the
Bolivian Constituent Assembly of 2006-07 and as Vice Minister of Higher Education. From 2011 to 2018 he served as Ambassador of Bolivia to the
Organization of American States
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(
OAS) and Concurrent Ambassador of Bolivia to
Trinidad and Tobago
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,
Jamaica
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,
Dominica
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and
The Bahamas
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. He was
Foreign Minister of Bolivia
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from 2018 until 12 November 2019, following the resignation of
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come ...
.
Biography
Pary began his primary education in 1983 in his community's rural school. In 1987, at 10 years old, Diego was forced to move to the town of Caiza D to continue his secondary education. Diego gained his secondary degree from the Colegio Pablo VI in 1995. In 1996, he moved to
Sucre
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to continue his professional studies, attending the
Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca. He graduated with a degree in education in 2001. To continue his academic career, he completed expert studies in indigenous people, human rights, public administration, and international cooperation at the
Charles III University of Madrid
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in 2008 and a Masters in International Commercial Negotiations at the
University of Barcelona
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and Simón Bolivar Andes University in 2014-2015.
Career
Pary began a career in education while the university was still a place of privilege that was often difficult to access. He was noted for his identification with indigenous peoples, and thus assumed different positions of student leadership in the university. In 2002, having concluded his career at university, Pary began to train community leaders, people's reporters, union leaders, mayors, and councilors through the Fundación Acción Cultural Loyola (Loyola Cultural Action Foundation, ACLO), who currently hold various positions within the Bolivian state. In 2005 and 2006, along with indigenous organizations of the Pact of Unity and other professionals, Pary worked on the development of the "Proposal of the Indigenous, Native, Agricultural and Colonizing Organizations to the Constituent Assembly."
In 2006, he joined as a member and advisor to the
Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia
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The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions, and immediately replaced th ...
(
CSUTCB
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The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions, and immediately replaced th ...
) and the Syndical Confederation of Intercultural Communities (CSCIB). Also in 2006, he became a permanent advisor to the Constituent Assembly as a representative of the Pacto de Unidad, participating actively in the entire process of drafting the new Political Constitution of Bolivia. During his years with the Constituent Assembly, he also participated in several international forums and received support from indigenous leaders in
Ecuador
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,
Argentina
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,
Colombia
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Peru
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,
Venezuela
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,
Uruguay
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,
Brazil
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, as well as political leaders in
South Africa
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. Later, to continue working in the field of indigenous rights, he joined the Indigenous People's Development Fund of Latin America and the Caribbean (Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y El Cariba, FILAC). as a Coordinator of the Indigenous Intercultural University and member of the Indigenous Chair.
In November 2008, he became the Vice Minister of Superior Education in Bolivia. In his time in this position, he created the three Indigenous Universities of Bolivia (UNIBOL) and the Plurinational System of Competency Certification, and transformed the Teachers' Training Schools. He also strengthened technical and technological training, creating new institutions in these fields. In addition he created the Artistic Training Schools and in cooperation with member nations of
Mercosur
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promoted university accreditation, even the creation of the Plurinational Agency of Evaluation and Accreditation of Superior University Education of Bolivia.
Ambassador of Bolivia to the OAS (2011–2018)
In 2011, Pary was named Ambassador of Bolivia to the
Organization of American States
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(
OAS) and Concurrent Ambassador of Bolivia to
Trinidad and Tobago
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,
Jamaica
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,
Dominica
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and
The Bahamas
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. At the OAS, he took on different leadership roles: President and Vice President of the Permanent Council, President of the Interamerican Council for Comprehensive Development, President of the Indigenous Peoples Workgroup, President of the Agenda Subcommission and President of the Declaration of Cochabamba Workgroup.
Foreign Minister of Bolivia (2018–2019)
On 4 September 2018, Pary was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Bolivia
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replacing
Fernando Huanacuni Mamani. On 11 November 2019, he submitted his resignation following the accusations of fraud in the 20 October 2019 Bolivian elections.
Flight and Return to Bolivia
After the fall of the Morales administration, Pary fled to
Nicaragua
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where he remained until early 2020. He was initially tipped as a potential Presidential candidate for
MAS in the upcoming
2020 Bolivian general election. Eventually, former
Minister of Economy
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Luis Arce
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was nominated as a candidate and elected president.
On 19 November 2020, the
Chamber of Senators named Pary Ambassador of Bolivia to the
United Nations
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.
References
External links
Profile expertoenpueblosindigenas.blogspot.com. Accessed 27 December 2023.
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Foreign ministers of Bolivia
Permanent representatives of Bolivia to the Organization of American States
Permanent representatives of Bolivia to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Bolivia to Trinidad and Tobago
Ambassadors of Bolivia to Jamaica
Ambassadors of Bolivia to Dominica
Ambassadors of Bolivia to the Bahamas
People from José María Linares Province
Charles III University of Madrid alumni
Bolivian expatriates in Spain
University of Barcelona alumni
Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela) alumni
University of Saint Francis Xavier alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Bolivian politicians