Gian Carlo Di Martino Tarquinio is a Venezuelan

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

and lawyer who is a former mayor of the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city.

Biography

Di Martino was born on July 12, 1964, in Maracaibo, the son of Italian immigrants. He received a bachelor's degree in political sciences at the

Rafael Urdaneta University Rafael Urdaneta University; URU (Spanish: Universidad Rafael Urdaneta) is a private, non-profit university founded in 1973, located at La Vereda del Lago ( Maracaibo, Venezuela), by the Rafael Urdaneta foundation and the Rafael Urdaneta universit ...

in 1987. In 1991, he received a diploma in international diplomacy from the

Central University of Venezuela The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in ...

. In 1993, he graduated as a lawyer at the

Andrés Bello Catholic University Andrés Bello Catholic University also known in Spanish as Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (where the mai ...

in Caracas. In 1997, he was director of the Sabaneta jail in Maracaibo and general director of the foreign affairs office of Zulia. Two years later, he became alderman of the city. In 2000, he was elected mayor of Maracaibo and was re-elected in 2004. Di Martino became a member of the

PSUV The United Socialist Party of Venezuela ( es, Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV) is a left-wing to far-left socialist political party which has been the ruling party of Venezuela since 2010. It was formed from a merger of some of the p ...

and ran for governor of Zulia in the regional elections on 23 November 2008. He was defeated by Pablo Pérez of

A New Era A New Era ( es, Un Nuevo Tiempo, UNT) is a centre-left political party in Venezuela. It received 11% of the vote in the 2008 regional elections. The party arose in Zulia State, Venezuela's most populous, and remains far stronger in its home r ...

Personal life

Di Martino is married to Ana Clara Barboza, president of the ''Fundacion Niños del Sol''. They have five children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martino, Gian Carlo Di 1964 births Living people People from Maracaibo Venezuelan people of Italian descent Central University of Venezuela alumni Mayors of places in Venezuela United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians Andrés Bello Catholic University alumni