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.

[3] In 1995, Huallpa served mandatory military service in the Bolivian Air Force in Tarija.

[4] During the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, Huallpa organized a march from Potosí to La Paz to demand the resignation of President Evo Morales.

On 18 November 2019, interim President Jeanine Áñez appointed Huallpa Minister of Mining and Metallurgy.

[6] 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.