José Gregorio Briceño
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José Gregorio Briceño Torrealba (born July 25, 1965) is 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 politician.


Life

Briceño began his political life in 1979 as a member of
Acción Democrática Democratic Action (, AD) is a Venezuelan social democratic and centre-left political party established in 1941. The party played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, leading the government during Venezuela's first democ ...
(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 MIGATO. This became part of
PSUV The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (, PSUV, ) is a socialist political party which has been the ruling party of Venezuela since 2007. It was formed from a merger of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolu ...
in 2007. Briceño ran unsuccessfully for the governor of Monagas' office in 1998; however he won a seat in 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 ...
as Deputy. In 1999 Briceño was a member of the
Constituent Assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...
. In 2000 Briceño lost the competition for the governor's office again, although he was elected deputy of the
National Assembly of Venezuela The National Assembly () is the federal legislature of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was first elected in 2000 under the 1999 constitution. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by a ...
. José Gregorio Briceño became governor of Monagas in 2004 and was re-elected in the elections of 2008. In 2013 he sought asylum in Costa Rica.


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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