Marfa Inofuentes | |
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Born | Marfa Inofuentes Pérez 1969 La Paz, Bolivia |
Died | 2015 (aged 45–46) |
Other names | Marfa Inofuentes |
Occupation | civil rights activist |
Years active | 1990–2011 |
Known for | Lobbying for inclusion of Afro-Bolivians as an ethnic minority protected under the Bolivian constitution |
Marfa Inofuentes Pérez (1969–2015) was an Afro-Bolivian activist involved in the Constitutional reform movement to recognize black Bolivians as an ethnic minority in the country. After achieving the goal for Afro-Bolivians to be protected under the law, she served as the head the Ministry of Gender and was appointed deputy mayor of the Peripheral Macrodistrict of the Municipality of La Paz.