José Gregorio Briceño Torrealba (born July 25, 1965, in

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) is a

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n politician.

Life

Briceño began his political life in 1979 as a member of

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(AD). After being expelled from AD in 1991 Briceño founded a political party called Movimiento Independiente Cedeño (MIC). He became mayor of Cedeño Municipality in the regional elections of 1992 and was re-elected in 1995. In 1997 he founded a new political party named

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. This became part of

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in 2007. Briceño ran unsuccessfully for the governor of Monagas' office in 1998; however he won a seat in the

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as Deputy. In 1999 Briceño was a member of the

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. In 2000 Briceño lost the competition for the governor's office again, although he was elected deputy of the

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. José Gregorio Briceño became governor of Monagas in 2004 and was re-elected in the elections of 2008.

Sources

Official Biography
1965 births Living people Governors of Monagas Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Members of the National Assembly (Venezuela) Democratic Action (Venezuela) politicians MIGATO politicians United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians Mayors of places in Venezuela People from Monagas Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999 {{Venezuela-mayor-stub