David Smolansky

Venezuelan politician (born 1985) David SmolanskySmolansky in 2024Special Envoy of the Organization of American StatesIn office8 September 2018 – 15 June 2023Mayor of El Hatillo MunicipalityIn office8 December 2013 – 9 August 2017Preceded byMyriam Do NascimentoSucceeded byReinaldo Díaz Personal detailsBornDavid Smolansky Urosa (1985-05-27) 27 May 1985 (age 41)Caracas, VenezuelaPartyVente Venezuela (since 2023)Other politicalaffiliationsPopular Will (2009–2023)Alma materAndrés Bello Catholic UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversitySimón Bolívar University (MSc) David Smolansky Urosa (born 27 May 1985) is a Venezuelan politician and journalist. He serves as an advisor on Foreign Affairs and Citizen Security to María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and to former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. He has held this role since July 28, 2024, presidential elections. Smolansky began his public career as a leader of the 2007 Venezuelan student movement and was subsequently elected mayor of the El Hatillo Municipality for the 2013-2017 term. In 2017, he was illegally removed from his office, sentenced to prison, and arbitrarily banned from holding pub