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First Presidency Of Carlos Andrés Pérez
The first presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez (from 1974 to 1979) coincided with the oil boom of 1974, which saw Venezuela's economy prosper. Carlos Andrés Pérez launched a program of rapid modernization. His first presidency also saw the nationalization of the oil industry. He regained the presidency in 1988 (Second Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez). Background In 1973, Carlos Andrés Pérez was nominated to run for the presidency for AD. Youthful and energetic, Perez ran a vibrant and triumphalist campaign, one of the first to use the services of American advertising gurus and political consultants in the country's history. During the run up to elections, he visited nearly all the villages and cities of Venezuela by foot and walked more than 5800 kilometers. He was elected in December of that year, receiving 48.7% of the vote against the 36.7% of his main rival. Turnout in these elections reached an unprecedented 97% of all eligible voters, a level which has not been achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as '' El Gocho'' (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician and the president of Venezuela from 12 March 1974 to 12 March 1979 and again from 2 February 1989 to 21 May 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática, the dominant political party in Venezuela during the second half of the twentieth century. His first presidency was known as the ''Saudi Venezuela'' due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to enormous income from petroleum exportation. However, his second presidency saw a continuation of the economic crisis of the 1980s, a series of social crises, widespread riots known as Caracazo and two coup attempts in 1992. In he became the first Venezuelan president to be forced out of office by the Supreme Court on charges for the embezzlement of bolívars (roughly 2.7 million US dollars) belonging to a presidential discretion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Venezuelan General Election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 46.6% of the vote. Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Senate. Voter turnout was 87.6%.Nohlen, p556 Results President Congress References {{Venezuelan elections 1978 in Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ... Elections in Venezuela Presidential elections in Venezuela Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidents Of Venezuela
Under the Venezuelan Constitution, the president of Venezuela is the head of state and head of government of Venezuela. As chief of the executive branch and face of the government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the country by influence and recognition. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. The president is directly elected through a popular vote to a six-year term. Since the 2009 constitutional referendum, any person can be elected to the office an indefinite number of times. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent president, the vice president assumes the office. The president must be at least 30 years of age, and has to be a "natural born" citizen of Venezuela, and cannot possess any other citizenship. This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the establishment of the independent State of Venezuela, which took p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Salcedo Bastardo
José Luis Salcedo Bastardo (15 March 1926 – 16 February 2005) was a Venezuelan historian and diplomat. He was born in Carúpano, and died in Caracas. References José Luis Salcedo Bastardo# José Luis Salcedo Bastardo. “Un hombre diáfano Bolívar”. Caracas – Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th .... Cultural venezolana, S.A. 1977. 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers 20th-century Venezuelan historians 1926 births 2005 deaths Venezuelan Ministers of Technology Venezuelan Ministers of Science Secretariat of the Presidency ministers of Venezuela Ambassadors of Venezuela to Germany Ambassadors of Venezuela to Ecuador Universidad Santa María (Venezuela) rectors Carlos Andrés Pérez ministers {{Venezuela-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestino Armas
Celestino Armas ( Barcelona, Anzoátegui, 15 December 1935 – 16 January 2011 PetroFinanzas, 17 January 2011Falleció el exministro Celestino Armas retrieved 24 May 2012), was a Venezuelan engineer and politician. Biography He obtained a degree in engineering from the Central University of Venezuela, and a postgraduate degree from the Colorado School of Mines. Before joining as an active member of AD, he was working in the Guayana iron mines, as an official of the then Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons. He held the Information and Tourism Ministry (1978-1979) in the First Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez and playing a key role in the 1976 nationalization of the iron and oil industry. In the months leading up to the Oil Reversal, his party moved him to play the sensitive position of the chair of the Permanent Energy and Mines Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, which was the center of public debate and drafting of the law to nationalize the Petroleum. Before 30 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Sucre Figarella
Leopoldo Sucre Figarella was a Venezuelan politician and engineer of Corsican ancestors. A member of the Sucre family Sucre Figarella served as governor, minister and senator during his long and eventful political career. He was nicknamed "The Builder" and "The Czar of Guayana". Biography Early career He was born in Tumeremo in the state of Bolivar on August 1, 1925. He received his education as a civil engineer at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and soon entered public service as an engineer at the Ministry of Public Works in Miranda. During the 1950s, he actively opposed the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez and had to go into hiding several times due to security concerns. In 1958 and with the fall of Pérez Jiménez, Sucre Figarella was named Governor of Bolivar by new president Romulo Betancourt. There he pushed for the creation of Santo Tomé de Guayana, today known as Ciudad Guayana, one of the most important and largest cities in the state. From 1960 to 1969 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelo Lauría Lesseur
Carmelo Antonio Lauría Lesseur (24 August 1936 – 29 November 2010 Globovision, 30 November 2010Hoy se realizará ceremonia fúnebre del dirigente político Carmelo Lauría/ref>) was a Venezuelan businessman, lawyer and politician. Career He served in several ministerial positions for Carlos Andrés Pérez, and was Secretary of the Presidency for Jaime Lusinchi from 1985 to 1988, and Governor of the Federal District (1984–85). He also served as President of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996. Among other business positions he was Director of Banco Central de Venezuela and President of Banco de Venezuela, and a board member of Sidor. Lauría was said to be one of the "Twelve Apostles", a group of Venezuelan businessmen close to President Carlos Andrés Pérez during his first term, Lauria served briefly as Minister for Development in 1974, during the First Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez. He was also briefly Interior Minister in 1992 during the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Alberto Consalvi
Simón Alberto Consalvi (7 July 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions (1977-1979/1985-1988), Minister of Internal Affairs of Venezuela (1988–1989), Secretary of the Presidency (1988), and also held several Ambassadorships. A journalist and author of many books, he was member of the National Academy of History since 1997, and Associate Editor of the daily '' El Nacional''. Because of a domestic accident, Simon Alberto Consalvi died in Caracas, Venezuela on 11 March 2013 eluniversal.com, 11 March 2013 He was 85. Partial bibliography *"La Paz Nu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Escovar Salom
Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest *Ramón Blanco y Erenas (1833–1906), Spanish brigadier and colonial administrator of the Philippines *Ramón Castillo (1873-1944), former Argentinian president * Ramon Dekkers, Dutch muay thai fighter *Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), Spanish dramatist and novelist * Ramón Díaz, Argentine football player and coach *Ramón H. Dovalina (born 1943), American educator * Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican nationalist *Ramón Arellano Félix (1964–2002), Mexican drug lord and fugitive *Ramón Fumadó (born 1981), Venezuelan diver *Ramón Fernando García (born 1972), Colombian road cyclist *Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born 1940), American actor, using the stage name Martin Sheen *Ramón González (athlete) (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Lepage
Octavio Lepage Barreto (24 November 1923 – 6 January 2017) was a Venezuelan politician who served as acting president of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993. Career Lepage was a member of the student movement of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), being designated in 1945 as Secretary in the Executive Committee of AD in Caracas. He graduated from UCV with a degree in law in 1947, and in 1948 he was elected as the deputy for Anzoátegui to the National Congress. In November of that year, he was elected Secretary General of AD, but did not take the position due to the suppression of political parties following the overthrow of Rómulo Gallegos. Lepage was the First Secretary of Acción Democrática while it operated clandestinely from January to September 1949, when he was succeeded by Leonardo Ruiz Pineda. Lepage also was part of the Secretariat of Organization of the party. In July 1950, he was arrested by the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Piñerúa Ordaz
Luis María Piñerúa Ordaz (20 April 1924 - 8 February 2001 Rosa Aguilera Meneses, '' El Universal'', 24 February 2001Un adiós a Piñerúa/ref>) was the Democratic Action presidential candidate in the 1978 Venezuelan general election, losing to COPEI's Luis Herrera Campins. He held the post of Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela in both the First Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez and Second Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds eac .... References 1924 births 2001 deaths People from Güiria Democratic Action (Venezuela) politicians Venezuelan Ministers of Interior Governors of Monagas Prisoners and detainees of Venezuela Candidates for President of Venezuela {{Venezuela-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Venezuela
The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Venezuela. The president leads the National Executive of the Venezuelan government and is the commander-in-chief of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces. Presidential terms were set at six years with the adoption of the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela, and presidential term limits were removed in 2009. The office of president in Venezuela has existed since the 1811 Venezuelan Declaration of Independence from the Spanish Crown; the first president was Cristóbal Mendoza. From 1821 to 1830, Venezuela was a member state of Gran Colombia, and the Venezuelan executive was absorbed by the Colombian government in Bogotá. When the State of Venezuela became independent from Gran Colombia, the office of the president was restored under José Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
