Carlos Huallpa

Carlos Fernando Huallpa Sunaga (born 1976) is a Bolivian miner, union leader, and politician who served as Minister of Mining and Metallurgy from 2019 to 2020 during the interim government of Jeanine Añez.

Biography Carlos Huallpa was born in 1976 in Potosí. He was raised in a family of five children and was the son of a miner working at the Cerro Rico. In 1995, Huallpa served mandatory military service in the Bolivian Air Force in Tarija.

During the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, Huallpa organized a march from Potosí to La Paz to demand the resignation of President Evo Morales. A demand achieved on 10 November.

Minister of Mining and Metallurgy (2019–2020) On 18 November 2019, interim President Jeanine Áñez appointed Huallpa Minister of Mining and Metallurgy. However, on 5 October Huallpa claimed in an interview that he was made to resign and that he had received pressure to appoint positions in state mining institutions.