Andrés Caldera
Andrés Caldera | |
|---|---|
_copy.jpg) Andrés Caldera (left) in 1959 | |
| Secretary of the Presidency of Venezuela | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| President | Rafael Caldera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1954 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | Convergence |
| Parent | Rafael Caldera |
Andrés Caldera Pietri (born November 27, 1954, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as Secretary to the Presidency during the second administration of his father, former President Rafael Caldera.
Biography
[edit]He served as the general secretary of his father's campaign during the 1993 general elections, which resulted in Rafael Caldera's victory. Following the election, Caldera Pietri filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office, alleging electoral fraud against parliamentary candidates of the Convergence party.[1] Subsequently, in 1994,[2] he was appointed Secretary to the Presidency, a position he held until 1996.
Caldera Pietri is a member of the Tomás Liscano Foundation[3] and the Superior Council of Christian Democracy. In 2021, through this organization, he criticized Cuba for its support of Guyana in the territorial dispute over the Guayana Esequiba region.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "VENEZUELA SE SACUDE DEL FRAUDE". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1993-12-12.
- ^ "NUEVO GABINETE VENEZOLANO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1994-02-06.
- ^ "ANDRÉS CALDERA: "No estamos en un estado de derecho"". La Razón (in Spanish). 2020.
- ^ Barráez, Sebastiana (2021-03-16). "Demócratas Cristianos criticaron la actuación histórica de Cuba al favorecer a Guyana en el reclamo de Venezuela por el Esequibo". Infobae (in European Spanish).