Yolanda Tortolero Martínez (died 18 May 2021) was a Venezuelan physician and politician, alternate deputy of the
National Assembly
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for the
Carabobo state
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and the
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 ...
party.
Career
Tortolero was a physician by profession and worked at the
Bejuma
Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.
Geography
Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.
Vegetation and natural resources
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Hospital for several years, a town in the
Carabobo state
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where she was from.
She was elected as alternate deputy for the National Assembly for Carabobo for the period 2016–2021 in the
2015 parliamentary elections, representing the
Democratic Unity Roundtable
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(MUD) and the
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 ...
(UNT in Spanish) party. In 2020 she was one of the 100 deputies to vote in person in favor of reelecting
Juan Guaidó
Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the Social democracy, social-democratic Popular Will party, and federal deputy to the National Assembly (Venezuela), National Assembly representing ...
as president of the Assembly in the
National Assembly Delegated Committee election.
In 2021 she was hospitalized in
San Felipe,
Yaracuy state
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; her party, colleagues and inhabitants of Bejuma asked for financial assistance for her medical attention.
Although her death had originally been reported by 14 May, the regional executive board of UNT in Carabobo informed that by that date the parliamentarian was still alive.
After fighting against
COVID-19
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for about three weeks, Tortolero died on 18 May from complications derived from the disease.
See also
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IV National Assembly of Venezuela
The IV National Assembly of Venezuela was a meeting of the legislative branch of Venezuelan federal government, comprising the National Assembly of Venezuela. It is meeting in Caracas after 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election.
Major events
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References
External links
Yolanda Tortolero Martinez- National Assembly Venezuela
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Year of birth missing
20th-century births
2021 deaths
Venezuelan women physicians
21st-century Venezuelan women politicians
21st-century Venezuelan politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Venezuela)
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
People from San Felipe, Venezuela