Mariana Prado

Mariana Prado Noya (born 20 April 1982) is a Bolivian business administrator and former politician. She served as the Minister of Development Planning from 2017 to 2019, during the third government of Evo Morales.

She was a candidate for Vice President of Bolivia in the 2025 Bolivian general election for the Popular Alliance.

Early life Mariana Prado was born in La Paz on 20 April 1982. She began her education in 1987, completing her baccalaureate at the American Cooperative School of La Paz in 1998.

In 1999, she continued into higher education, entering the Universidad Católica Boliviana (UCB) and graduating in 2003 with a licentiate in business administration.

Beginning in May 2009, Prado was an advisor to the office of the , a position she held until April 2012.

She was also president of the board of the state-owned airline Boliviana de Aviación (BOA) from November 2010 to April 2012, and advised statesman in the area of hydrocarbons and energy at the Office of the Vice President of Bolivia from March to October 2012.

Political career Minister of Development Planning of Bolivia (2017–2019) On 23 January 2017, President Evo Morales brought Prado into his ministerial cabinet as the country's , replacing .

Testimony in William Kushner's trial On 14 June 2018, Prado appeared in the Seventh Sentencing Court of La Paz to testify as a defense witness in the highly publicized trial of William Kushner, sentenced to Bolivia's maximum penalty of 30 years without the right to pardon for the femicide of Andrea Aramayo. Prado was called by the defense because she had been his girlfriend in the past (in 2003, by her account). After testifying, Prado spoke to the media, saying that she believed vehemently in the innocence of the accused.