{{Short description|Bolivian businessman and politician (born 1958)}} {{Family name hatnote|Doria Medina|Auza|lang=Spanish}} {{Hatnote|This Spanish surname is barreled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as ''Doria Medina'', not ''Doria.''}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Samuel Doria Medina | image = Samuel Doria Medina 2020.jpg | caption = Doria Medina in 2020 | office = President of the National Unity Front | term_start = 12 December 2003 | term_end = 15 December 2021 | predecessor = ''Party established'' | successor = Elizabeth Reyes<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-15|title=Elizabeth Reyes es la nueva presidenta de UN y Doria Medina, secretario general|language=es|work=Página Siete|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/12/15/elizabeth-reyes-es-la-nueva-presidenta-de-un-doria-medina-secretario-general-318173.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216040821/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/12/15/elizabeth-reyes-es-la-nueva-presidenta-de-un-doria-medina-secretario-general-318173.html|archive-date=2021-12-16}}</ref> | office2 = Minister of Planning and Coordination | president2 = Jaime Paz Zamora | term_start2 = 9 August 1991 | term_end2 = 6 August 1993 | predecessor2 = Luis Enrique García Rodríguez | successor2 = ''Office abolished'' <!-- Personal Details --> | birth_name = Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|4|df=y}} | birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia | party = National Unity Front {{Small|(2003–present)}} | other_party = Revolutionary Left Movement {{Small|(1991–2001)}} | education = London School of Economics | spouse = Nidia Monje Postigo | children = 3 | website = {{URL|samuel.bo}} }} '''Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza''' (born 4 December 1958) is a Bolivian politician and former businessman. From 1987 until 2014 he was the president and main shareholder in SOBOCE, the largest cement manufacturer in Bolivia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/12/16/691838/34261/en/Samuel-Doria-Medina-Sells-Soboce-to-Completely-Devote-Himself-to-the-Bolivian-People.html|title=Samuel Doria Medina Sells Soboce to Completely Devote Himself to the Bolivian People|first=Samuel |last=Doria Medina|date=16 December 2014|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}</ref>
== Early life == Samuel Doria Medina was born on 4 December 1958 in La Paz at the Virgen de Copacabana Clinic on 20th Avenue.<ref>{{cite book |last1=G |first1=Ormachea Gutiérrez Ormachea |title=Entierro sin muerte: el secuestro de Doria Medina por el MRTA |date=1998 |publisher=Aguilar |isbn=978-99905-2-038-5 |page=36 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Entierro_sin_muerte/HywEAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%C2%AB4+de+diciembre+de+1958%C2%BB&dq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%C2%AB4+de+diciembre+de+1958%C2%BB&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref> He graduated high school at the Nuestra Señora de Luján School, a Marist Brothers school, where in 1976 he witnessed the Argentine coup d'etat in Luján.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gianello |first1=Pedro |title=Samuel Doria Medina, el empresario millonario que sobrevivió a la caída de un avión, estuvo secuestrado, se curó del cáncer y quiere ser presidente de Bolivia |url=https://www.clarin.com/mundo/samuel-doria-medina-empresario-millonario-sobrevivio-caida-avion-secuestrado-curo-cancer-quiere-presidente-bolivia_0_WQ8DtsyFMP.html |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=Clarín |date=9 November 2024 |language=es}}</ref> He then studied economics and business administration at Universidad Católica Boliviana,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ávila |first1=Ricardo Sanjinés |title=La democracia bajo fuego (1979-2005) |date=2005 |publisher=Fundemos |page=74 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/La_democracia_bajo_fuego_1979_2005/k6LjAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%22Universidad+Cat%C3%B3lica+Boliviana%22&dq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%22Universidad+Cat%C3%B3lica+Boliviana%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref> and then earned his master's in economics at Arizona State University in the United States<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=Luz |title=El 50% de los candidatos a la presidencia y vicepresidencia de Bolivia tienen perfil económico |url=https://eju.tv/2025/05/el-50-de-los-candidatos-a-la-presidencia-y-vicepresidencia-de-bolivia-tienen-perfil-economico/ |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=EJU |date=20 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> and his PhD in economics with a speciality in public finance from the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Rosario |title=Democracia y recuperación económica en América Latina |date=1990 |publisher=Publicaciones Mexicanas |isbn=978-968-6352-06-1 |page=532 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Democracia_y_recuperaci%C3%B3n_econ%C3%B3mica_en/1GCwAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%22Escuela+de+Econom%C3%ADa+de+Londres%22&dq=Samuel+Doria+Medina+%22Escuela+de+Econom%C3%ADa+de+Londres%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref> From a young age he was active in politics, joining the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).<ref>{{cite news |last1=García |first1=Fernando |title=Uno por uno: ¿quiénes son y cuál es la trayectoria de los 10 aspirantes a la Presidencia? |url=https://eju.tv/2025/05/uno-por-uno-quienes-son-y-cual-es-la-trayectoria-de-los-10-aspirantes-a-la-presidencia/ |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=EJU |date=20 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
==Businesses== Apart from cement, Doria Medina operates hotel chains and holds the Bolivian franchise for Burger King.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the multimillionaire who wants to be Bolivia's first right-wing president elected in 20 years |url=https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-president-samuel-doria-medina-morales-elections-trump-49faa8947c89a6f363b907a70915abc6 |access-date=31 July 2025 |work=AP News |date=31 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
==Politics== In the 1990s, Doria Medina served as minister of planning during the presidency of Jaime Paz Zamora.<ref>{{cite web |title=A political shift ahead? What to know about Bolivia's presidential election |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/15/a-political-shift-ahead-what-to-know-about-bolivias-presidential-election |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 August 2025}}</ref>
He is the leader of the National Unity Front and represented the party alongside Carlos Fernando Dabdoub Arrien in the December 2005 presidential election.<ref name="2005a">{{cite web |title=Elections: Bolivian Presidency 2005 General |url=https://electionguide.org/elections/id/1992/ |website=IFES Election Guide |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> In that election, Doria Medina finished 3rd with 7.8% of the national vote.<ref name="2005a" /> He ran again in the 2009 elections and won 5.65% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections: Bolivian Presidency 2009 General |url=https://electionguide.org/elections/id/2132/ |website=IFES Election Guide |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> Doria Medina ran once again in the 2014 elections; coming out second with 25.1% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections: Bolivian Presidency 2014 General |url=https://electionguide.org/elections/id/2447/ |website=IFES Election Guide |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> He ran again for president in the 2025 elections but placed third in the first round and failed to advance to the runoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzlp85432o |title=Bolivia set to elect first non-left wing president in two decades |work=BBC |date=18 August 2025}}</ref>
He has sought to position himself and his party as a moderate third force in Bolivian politics.<ref>[http://momento24.com/en/2009/12/07/bolivia-opposition-acknowledges-evo-morales-victory Bolivia opposition acknowledge Evo Morales victory] 7 December 2009 {{webarchive|date=7 March 2012|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307075240/http://m24digital.com/en/2009/12/07/bolivia-opposition-acknowledges-evo-morales-victory/}}</ref>
==Personal life== Doria Medina married Nidia Monje Postigo in 1983 and has six children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://quierenlasilla.lapublica.org.bo/tbuilder-layout/doria/#doria|title=Candidato a la vicepresidencia FUERZA POLÍTICA JUNTOS|accessdate=21 August 2024}}</ref>
On 21 January 2005, Medina was travelling aboard a Cessna 208 Caravan, operated by Línea Aérea Amaszonas,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan CP-2412, Friday 21 January 2005 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/322472 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref> that crashed into the Huaricollo Mountain Range, near the Colquiri mine. All eleven occupants on board the aircraft survived the accident, though many were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2005 |title=Samuel Doria Medina sufre accidente de aviación |url=https://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/DetalleNoticia24684.asp |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Bolivia.com |language=spanish}}</ref>
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