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, narrowly missing out on re-election to

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's Aristóbulo Istúriz. He was the AD candidate in the 1993 presidential election, coming second with 24% of the vote. He ran as an independent in the 1998 presidential election, but withdrew before election day. In 1999 he was elected to the

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which drafted the new

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. He ran in the 2000 presidential election under the banner of ''Encuentro Nacional'', a party he founded, gaining less than 3% of the vote. He participated in the 2004 and 2008 regional elections, running for Mayor of Libertador Municipality. Fermín founded ''Soluciones para Venezuela'' Party, which participated in

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in alliance with the

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1950 births Living people People from Barinas (state) Democratic Action (Venezuela) politicians Mayors of places in Venezuela Venezuelan sociologists Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999 {{Venezuela-mayor-stub