The National Convergence ( es, Convergencia Nacional) is a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
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 ...
.
It was founded in 1993 by former
President of Venezuela Rafael Caldera
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez ( (); 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009), twice elected the president of Venezuela, served for two five-year terms (1969–1974 and 1994–1999), becoming the longest serving democratically elected leade ...
, who was a member of
Copei and won a second term in the
1993 elections.
From 1995 to 2004
Eduardo Lapi
Eduardo Lapi (born May 17, 1963) is a Venezuelan politician. He was Governor of Yaracuy for the National Convergence from 1995 to 2004. He lost to Carlos Eduardo Gimenez Colmenares (For Social Democracy) in the 2004 Venezuelan regional election ...
held the Governorship of
Yaracuy
Yaracuy State ( es, link=no, Estado Yaracuy, ;) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is bordered by Falcón in the north, in the west by Lara, in the south by Portuguesa and Cojedes and in the east by Cojedes and Carabobo.
Its geograp ...
for the party. The party boycotted the
2005 elections.
List of presidents
External links
Convergencia
Political parties in Venezuela
Catholic political parties
Christian democratic parties in Venezuela
Political parties established in 1993
1993 establishments in Venezuela
Rafael Caldera
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