Jorge Olavarría (12 December 1933 – 18 April 2005) was a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n journalist, politician, historian, and writer.

Career

He was editor of the magazine ''Resumen'' from 1973 to 1984. Collections of his writings for '' El Nacional'' and '' El Universal'' were published in 1999 and 1994, respectively. He was elected to the

Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies () was the lower house of Venezuela's legislative under its 1961 constitution; the Venezuelan Senate was the upper house. Under the 1999 constitution, the bicameral system was replaced by the unicameral National Assembly ...

in the 1963 elections, and re-elected in the 1968 elections. He was a presidential candidate in the 1983 election and the 1988 election, for the party "OPINA" (Opinion), and was a member of the

1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is lau ...

. He also served as Venezuela's ambassador to Britain (1969–70). '' El Mundo'', 20 April 2005
Jorge Olavarría, uno de los 'adversarios' del presidente Chávez
/ref>Norman Lockman, ''

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'', 20 April 2005
Deaths elsewhere: Jorge Olavarria
/ref> As a historian and writer, his books covered subjects such as the 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état and the dictator

Juan Vicente Gómez Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón (24 July 1857 – 17 December 1935) was a Venezuelan military general, politician and '' de facto'' ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He only officially served as president on three occasions d ...

. He studied law at the

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Books

* ''La Revolución olvidada: el 18 de octubre de 1945'', 2008, Fundación Olavarría * ''Gómez: un enigma histórico: una revisión al fenómeno histórico y político de Juan Vicente Gómez'', 2007, Fundación Olavarría * ''Historia viva, 2002-2003: la rebelión civil, el referéndum revocatorio'', 2003, Alfadil * ''Historia viva: artículos publicados en El Nacional, marzo 1998--marzo 1999'', 1999, El Nacional * ''Una Constitución para una nueva república: presentado en el VI Congreso Venezolana de Derecho Constitucional, celebrado en Caracas, los días 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 1999, en la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello'', 1999, Editorial Melvin * ''No, señor Presidente! no!: artículos publicados en "El Universal" 1994'', 1994 * ''Democracia radical'', 1993, Ediciones Centauro * ''Dios y federación: el fetichismo federal en el pasado, presente y futuro de Venezuela'', 1988, Fundación para una Nueva República * ''Proyecto Nueva República'', 1988, Fundación para una Nueva República * ''El caso"Sidor."'', 1968, Guanarteme

References

1933 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Venezuelan historians Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Ambassadors of Venezuela to the United Kingdom Complutense University of Madrid alumni 21st-century Venezuelan historians 20th-century Venezuelan male writers 20th-century Venezuelan journalists Candidates for President of Venezuela Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999 {{Venezuela-bio-stub