Mireya Montaño

Carol Mireya Montaño Rocha (born 26 November 1978) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and trade unionist who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing circumscription 11 from 2015 to 2020.

A member of the Movement for Socialism, Montaño entered politics as head of the party's youth wing in El Alto, later serving as secretary of organization of the Federation of Neighborhood Councils.

In 2009, she was elected as a substitute deputy representing La Paz's circumscription 14 and in 2014, she became one of the few ruling party parliamentarians to be presented for reelection, this time for a full seat.

[5] Nearing the conclusion of her term, Montaño was presented for reelection to a full seat,[6] an atypical occurrence within the MAS, which rarely offered its parliamentarians the opportunity to run twice in a row, preferring to open up spaces for different representatives of allied sectors to enter the legislature.

[2] Despite representing such a relatively high quantity of constituents and serving as leader of the MAS's La Paz delegation,[8] Montaño's parliamentary term kept a notably low profile, characterized by El Alteño as "working in silence.

Mireya Montaño claps her hands while attending a parade.
Next to Senator Eva Copa (right) at an event commemorating El Alto.