12 Facts About Diego Pary

Diego Pary Rodriguez is a Bolivian Quechua indigenous leader, educator, politician and diplomat.

Diego Pary was Foreign Minister of Bolivia from 2018 until 12 November 2019, following the resignation of Evo Morales.

In 1987, at 10 years old, Diego Pary was forced to move to the town of Caiza D to continue his secondary education.

Diego Pary gained his secondary degree from the Colegio Pablo VI in 1995.

Diego Pary graduated with a degree in education in 2001.

Diego Pary began a career in education while the university was still a place of privilege that was often difficult to access.

Diego Pary was noted for his identification with indigenous peoples, and thus assumed different positions of student leadership in the university.

In 2002, having concluded his career at university, Diego Pary began to train community leaders, people's reporters, union leaders, mayors, and councilors through the Fundacion Accion Cultural Loyola, who currently hold various positions within the Bolivian state.

Diego Pary strengthened technical and technological training, creating new institutions in these fields.

In 2011, Diego Pary was named Ambassador of Bolivia to the Organization of American States and Concurrent Ambassador of Bolivia to Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominica and The Bahamas.

On 4 September 2018, Diego Pary was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia replacing Fernando Huanacuni Mamani.

Diego Pary was initially tipped as a potential Presidential candidate for MAS in the upcoming 2020 Bolivian general election.