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Celia Andrea Bonilla Gemio (born 4 August 1978) is a Bolivian agricultural worker, politician, and trade unionist who served as a
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member of the
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from
La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
from 2015 to 2020. An ethnic
Afro-Bolivian Afro-Bolivians are Bolivian people of Sub-Saharan African heritage and therefore the descriptive "Afro-Bolivian" may refer to historical or cultural elements in Bolivia thought to emanate from their community. It can also refer to the combining of ...
, Bonilla's career got its start in northern La Paz's agrarian trade unions, where she held positions as an executive and women's representative. Her prominence there aided in her nomination on the
Movement for Socialism The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...
's 2014 party list, through which she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. As a legislator, Bonilla holds the distinction of being the first Afro-Bolivian woman in Bolivian parliamentary history to serve in the lower chamber. She is, together with Ancelma Perlacios, one of the first two Afro-Bolivian women in parliament, and is one of just three overall, after
Jorge Medina Jorge Medina Barra (; 24 April 1968 – 23 November 2022) was a Bolivian civil rights activist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing its special indigenous circumscription from 2010 to 2015. ...
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Early life and career

Andrea Bonilla was born on 4 August 1978 in
Caranavi Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia. On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.namesake province in the tropical Yungas region of
La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
. Bonilla spent much of her early life involved in agricultural work before becoming active in the region's agrarian trade syndicates. She served as executive secretary of a workers' federation in neighboring
Teoponte Municipality Teoponte Municipality is the eighth municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, an ...
, later joining the Departmental Federation of Intercultural Communities of La Paz, the leading union representing the department's agricultural settlers. Bonilla held office as the organization's women's representative until around 2014, the year she was elected to the
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Chamber of Deputies


Election

Prominent leaders and representatives of agrarian and rural syndicates had long been a mainstay on the governing
Movement for Socialism The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...
(MAS)'s
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s. In 2014, in particular, women trade unionists of rural backgrounds were given an increased presence, an action that produced the largest caucus of peasant women elected to parliament in Bolivian history. Included among this group was Bonilla, one of three
Afro-Bolivian Afro-Bolivians are Bolivian people of Sub-Saharan African heritage and therefore the descriptive "Afro-Bolivian" may refer to historical or cultural elements in Bolivia thought to emanate from their community. It can also refer to the combining of ...
candidates on the ballot that election cycle, alongside Ancelma Perlacios and Mónica Rey.


Tenure

Entering parliament, Bonilla became the first female member of the Afro-Bolivian community to serve in the Chamber of Deputies and was the second overall, after
Jorge Medina Jorge Medina Barra (; 24 April 1968 – 23 November 2022) was a Bolivian civil rights activist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing its special indigenous circumscription from 2010 to 2015. ...
, who represented La Paz in the previous legislature. She was one of the first two black women to hold a seat in parliament, a distinction she shares with Ancelma Perlacios, who was sworn into the Senate on the same day. They are, together, the most recent Afro-Bolivians represented in the legislature. At the conclusion of their terms, neither were nominated for reelection, be it in the annulled 2019 election or the rerun 2020 contest.


Commission assignments

* Constitution, Legislation, and Electoral System Commission ** Democracy and Electoral System Committee (–) * Rural Native Indigenous Peoples and Nations, Cultures, and Interculturality Commission ** Coca Leaf Committee (–) * Human Rights Commission (President: –) ** Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Committee (Secretary: –) * Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission ** Defense, Armed Forces, Borders, and Civil Defense Committee (–)


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Parliamentary profile
Office of the Vice President .
Parliamentary profile
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on 7 July 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonilla, Andrea 1978 births Living people 21st-century Bolivian politicians 21st-century Bolivian women politicians Afro-Bolivian people Bolivian trade union leaders Bolivian women trade unionists Members of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies from La Paz Movimiento al Socialismo politicians People from Caranavi Province Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)