Since 2 June 2011, it has been headed by Minister Daniel Santalla Torres, a politician and former factory union leader.

Indeed it was formed on the same day as the bloodless military coup that brought him to power.

The appointment of Waldo Álvarez, a printing worker and Secretary General of the Federación Obrera de Trabajadores, to be the first Minister of Labor began a long tradition of trade unionists leading the Ministry.

[2] The Ministry's organizational structure was last set by Chapter XV of Supreme Decree 29894, issued by President Evo Morales on 7 February 2009.

[3] Its organizational hierarchy is as follows: The General Directorate of Social Security Policy is charged with unifying Bolivia's retirement and social security systems into a single unified system.