Emeliana Aiza

Emeliana Aiza
Official portrait, 2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Potosí
In office
19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015
Preceded byMiriam Flores
Succeeded byJulio Huanca
ConstituencyParty list
Substitute
31 January 2006 – 19 January 2010
DeputySevero Pacaja
Preceded byAnacleto Gabriel
Succeeded byRita Callahuara
ConstituencyCircumscription 41 (Chayanta)
Personal details
BornEmeliana Aiza Parada
(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980
Huayraña, Potosí, Bolivia
PartyMovement for Socialism
Occupation
  • Politician
  • trade unionist
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Emeliana Aiza Parada (born 10 May 1980) is a Bolivian politician and trade unionist who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Potosí from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she represented the same department as a substitute alongside Severo Pacaja from 2006 to 2010.

Orphaned at a young age, Aiza spent much of her early life working agricultural and farming jobs in her rural community. Starting in the late 1990s, she began rising through the ranks of northern Potosí's trade syndicates, capping off her union career as a member of the Chayanta Regional Women's Center. The position opened the way for a career in politics, a product of the peasant movement's alignment with the Movement for Socialism.

In 2005, following an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Ocurí Municipal Council, Aiza was elected as a substitute member of the Chamber of Deputies. She won her own seat in the 2009 election, becoming one of the rare few members of the Movement for Socialism to achieve reelection. Elected deputy leader of her party's caucus in the lower chamber, Aiza twice assumed full leadership due to the resignation or absence of her predecessors. She was not nominated for a third term.