Pablo Martín Pérez Álvarez (August 19, 1969 in Maracaibo) is a

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 ...

n lawyer, politician and former Governor of

Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...

State.

Biography

Studies

In 1986 he graduated from secondary school with a diploma in Humanities. Pérez Álvarez enrolled at University of Zulia to study law. Later he did postgraduate studies in Public Law at the same university. Pérez Álvarez also studied ''Gerencia Municipal'' (municipal management) at

Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración The Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (''Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration'', IESA) is a private non-profit Venezuelan business school with campuses in Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia. It was founded in 1965. It has i ...

(IESA), a Venezuelan higher education institute of management.

Political career

In 1995 he began to work with

Manuel Rosales Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero (born December 12, 1952, in Santa Bárbara del Zulia) is a Venezuelan educator and politician, current governor of Zulia, Venezuela's most populated state. He was the most prominent opposition candidate in the ...

, the mayor of Maracaibo. Pablo Pérez was in charge of the Legal Consultancy of the City Council and was a member of some commissions. From 2000 to 2008, Manuel Rosales was Governor of Zulia. Pablo Pérez worked with him in some posts. In 2006 Pérez Álvarez was appointed by Rosales as ''Secretario de Gobierno'', the second highest ranking official in the government of Zulia. In 2004 Pablo Pérez was candidate of the political party

un Nuevo Tiempo 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 ...

for the mayor’s office of Maracaibo. But he was narrowly defeated by the candidate of the

Fifth Republic Movement The Fifth Republic Movement (Spanish: ''Movimiento V uintaRepública'', MVR) was a socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the ca ...

, Gian Carlo di Martino.

Governor of Zulia

In 2008 he competed for the post of Governor of Zulia with the support of Un Nuevo Tiempo and other political parties opposed to the government of Hugo Chávez during the 2008 regional elections. Pablo Pérez won with 53.59% of the votes.

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Pablo Pérez Gobernador
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Gobernación del Estado Zulia
(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez Alvarez, Pablo Living people 1969 births Governors of Zulia People from Maracaibo Democratic Action (Venezuela) politicians A New Era politicians University of Zulia alumni Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración alumni