Fernando Untoja

Fernando Untoja Choque (born March 30, 1950, in Oruro) is a Bolivian politician.

An economist and political scientist, Untoja served as lecturer at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, the Universidad Técnica de Oruro, the Military Engineering School (EMI) and the Army Military College "Gualberto Villarroel".

[1] As a writer and political theorist, Untoja is one of the most prominent proponents of the thesis of a 'return to the ayllu' (the basic socio-political unit of Aymara society).

[2] On June 21, 1993, Untoja formed a political party, National Katarist Movement (MKN, a name borrowed from Tupac Katari).

[7] During the 1997-2002 parliamentary period, he was an ally of the right-wing government of former military dictator Hugo Banzer.