Jorge Medina | |
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 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz's special circumscription | |
| In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015 | |
| Substitute | Blanca Cartagena |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Natte |
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| Born | Jorge Medina Barra 24 April 1968 Chijchipa, La Paz, Bolivia |
| Died | 23 November 2022 (aged 54) La Paz, Bolivia |
| Political party | Movement for Socialism |
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| Website | Official website |
Jorge Medina Barra (Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe meˈðina]; 24 April 1968 – 23 November 2022) was a Bolivian civil rights activist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz, representing its special indigenous circumscription from 2010 to 2015.
Raised in the Afro-Bolivian community of the tropical Yungas region, Medina became active in the Afro civil rights movement after moving to the city of La Paz. He was a founding member of the Afro-Bolivian Saya Cultural Movement and co-founded the Afro-Bolivian Center for Integral and Community Development, two organizations dedicated to promoting public and state recognition of Afro cultural identity.
Having succeeded in securing the inclusion of Afro-Bolivians in the 2009 Constitution, Medina was later elected to represent La Paz's minority indigenous peoples in the Chamber of Deputies, becoming the first Afro-Bolivian to serve in either chamber of the Bolivian legislature. In parliament, Medina spearhead Bolivia's flagship Law Against Racism and promoted other pro-Afro pieces of legislation. He was not nominated for reelection.