Orlando Egüez Algarañaz (4 March 1974 – 8 June 2019) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Beni, representing circumscription 60 from 2015 until his death in 2019.
[2] For UD, Egüez's rather rapid incursion onto the national stage represented a break in strategy—the alliance, for the most part, had hedged its bets on nominating well-known figures and experienced politicians to maximize parliamentary representation.
[2][5] Shortly after taking office, Egüez joined other elected members of his party in breaking off from UD, establishing the MNR as its own caucus within the Chamber of Deputies.
With the votes of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), the MNR was granted control over several powerful committees, with Egüez being selected to chair the Territorial Organization of the State Commission.
[6] This de facto alliance—which both parties denied existed—translated into the departmental caucuses, where the votes of Egüez and his substitute tipped the scales in favor of MAS Senator Erwin Rivero, who was elected president of Beni's parliamentary delegation.