Omar Barboza
Omar Barboza | |
|---|---|
| Coordinator of theUnitary Platform | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | José Luis Cartaya (MUD) |
| 9thPresident of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
| In office 5 January 2018 – 5 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Borges |
| Succeeded by | Juan Guaidó |
| Deputy of theNational Assembly forZulia State | |
| In office 5 January 2011 – 5 January 2021 | |
| Member of theChamber of Deputies forZulia State | |
| In office 23 January 1994 – 22 December 1999 | |
| Governor of Zulia | |
| In office 8 June 1985 – 2 February 1989 | |
| President | Jaime Lusinchi |
| Preceded by | Ángel Zambrano |
| Succeeded by | Ismael Ordaz González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez 27 July 1944 Maracaibo,Zulia,Venezuela |
| Political party | Democratic Action(Until 1999) Un Nuevo Tiempo(1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Unity Roundtable |
| Occupation | Advocate,Politician |
Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez(born 27 July 1944)[1]is thepresident[2]of theVenezuelanpolitical partyUn Nuevo Tiempo( "A New Era" ), inoppositiontoNicolás Maduro.
In February 2009 aconstitutional amendmentto removeterm limitson public offices inVenezuelawas approved by 54% of voters in the2009 Venezuelan constitutional referendum.Barboza said "We're democrats. We accept the results," toThe Associated Press,[3]but claimed that the results were skewed byHugo Chávez's broad use of state resources to win the vote, through state-run news media, political pressure on 2 million public employees and frequent presidential speeches (cadenas) which alltelevision stationsinVenezuelaare required to air, and added that "Effectively this will become adictatorship."
Sources
[edit]- ^(in Spanish)¿Quién es Omar Barboza, el nuevo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional?
- ^(in Spanish)Comando Angostura: El llamado es a votar el 15 de febrero[permanent dead link](Spanish, visited February 21, 2009)
- ^The Associated Press - Chavez wins vote to scrap term limits in Venezuela(visited February 21, 2009)
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