Ramón Guillermo Aveledo (born August 22, 1950) is a Venezuelan politician, academic, businessman, and columnist, and former Executive Secretary of the opposition electoral coalition

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. A former congressman, he was President of the

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from 2001 to 2007, and served under

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as Secretary of the Presidency (1979–1984). Author of over 30 books, he is Professor at the

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in Caracas. Cruz Ramón Galíndez, ''

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'', 28 October 2010
Ramón Guillermo Aveledo
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three times, and served as its President twice. He is a columnist for

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. He is a member of the board of the Rómulo Betancourt Foundation, and President of the Instituto de Estudios Parliamentarios Fermín Toro. Instituto de Estudios Parlamentarios Fermín Tor
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Selected bibliography

* ''El Llanero Solidario: Verdades ignoradas sobre Luis Herrera Campins y su tiempo'' (Editorial Libros Marcados, Caracas, 2012) – biography of

* ''El Dictador: Anatomía de la Tiranía'' (Editorial Libros Marcados, Caracas, 2008) * ''El poder político en Venezuela'' (2007)

References

Living people 1950 births Central University of Venezuela alumni Venezuelan male writers Copei politicians People from Barquisimeto Presidents of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers 21st-century Venezuelan people 20th-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-politician-stub