David Sánchez Heredia (born December 25, 1966) is a

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

n politician with the Movement toward Socialism party, former university instructor and docent, and former business manager. He serves as one of four Senators from

Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca (); ; ; ) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia. ...

, a post he was elected to in December 2009. Sánchez holds a bachelor's degree in economy and finance; has served as Docent in the Higher University of San Simón in Cochabamba and the

University of Saint Francis Xavier The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca (USFX; ) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universities in the New World. In many historical texts, it is also referred to as the Uni ...

in Sucre, and as Vice-Rector of the Andean University; and was a manager in several telecommunication firms. Previously, he was Chuquisaca's first elected Prefect, a position he held from 23 January 2006 to 30 August 2007 and from 20 September 2007 to 18 December 2007. He won election as prefect on 18 December 2005 with 42% of the vote. His tenure was marked by confrontational protests by the Chuquisaca civic movement against the

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meeting in Chuquisaca's capital city of Sucre. Sánchez fled the city following the violent clashes on 22–24 November 2007, which left three civic movement protesters dead. Sánchez's home was burned and his van attacked on 24 November, but he escaped to La Paz, and later to exile in Peru, from where he resigned on 18 December.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez Heredia, David Living people Movimiento al Socialismo politicians 1966 births Governors of departments of Bolivia People from Chuquisaca Department Members of the Senate of Bolivia 21st-century Bolivian politicians