Jaime Medrano

Jaime Medrano Veizaga (born 21 October 1971) is a Bolivian mineworker and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro, representing circumscription 36 from 2010 to 2015.

[9] As part of the Morales government's alignment with the mining sector, his party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), left ample autonomy for local trade unions to select their own congressional representatives.

Despite admittedly having "no knowledge of politics," Medrano accepted his colleague's decision,[9] competing uncontested in a district highly electorally favorable for the ruling party.

[14][16] Upon the conclusion of his term, Medrano was not nominated for reelection, a common practice among the Movement for Socialism, which preferred to open up spaces for different representatives of allied sectors to enter parliament.

[17] Though Medrano's political career ended there, the salaried mineworkers he represented—as well as their cooperative counterparts—maintained their presence in the legislature, part of the ruling party's efforts to make space for both groups on its parliamentary lists.