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Dinorah Figuera
13th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
Incumbent (contested)
Assumed office
5 January 2023
Vice PresidentJuan Pablo Guanipa
Disputed withJorge Rodríguez
Preceded byJuan Guaidó
Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela for Caracas
In office
5 January 2011 – 5 January 2016
Personal details
Born
Dinorah Figuera

(1961-04-15) 15 April 1961 (age 62)
Aragua, Venezuela
Political partyJustice First
EducationCentral University of Venezuela
ProfessionPhysician

Dinorah Figuera (born 15 April 1961[1]) is a Venezuelan physician and politician. She is a deputy and president of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile in Spain.

Career

Born in Aragua,[1] Dinorah Figuera was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela where she graduated as a surgeon in 1991. As a member of Radical Cause party, she was undersecretary of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas between 1993 and 1996, during the administration of Aristóbulo Istúriz.[2] She was a figure during the 2017 protests in Venezuela.[2]

President of the National Assembly

Figuera was elected as a deputy for Caracas in the III National Assembly and for Aragua in the IV National Assembly.[1] Figuera is exiled in Spain after escaping Venezuela through the French embassy in Caracas.

On 5 January 2023, Figuera was elected as president of the IV National Assembly, even though she remains in exile. Figuera was chosen to replace opposition figure Juan Guaidó.[3] After her election, the government of Venezuela issued an arrest warrant against her.[3]

In an interview with Reuters, Figuera said that she was confident that the Biden administration would protect the assets of Citgo Petroleum and the nearly $2 billion in gold that the Venezuelan governments holds in the Bank of England, which has been a dispute between the Maduro government and the opposition.[4]

On 2 April 2023, Figuera released a statement in support of her predecessor, Juan Guaidó, who had earlier denounced that the government planned to arrest him. Figuera condemned the intimidation against Guaidó and solidarized herself with him.[5] In another statement, Figuera deauthorized an opposition deputy who asked for a more softened stance on sanctions from the US, saying that said deputy did not represent the whole opposition National Assembly.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "DIP. DINORAH FIGUERA" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ a b "Quién es Dinorah Figuera, la médica que reemplazó a Juan Guaidó en la presidencia de la Asamblea Nacional opositora de Venezuela". BBC News (in Spanish). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Venezuela targets opposition figures with Interpol warrants". France 24. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ Pons, Corina (27 January 2023). "New Venezuela opposition leader confident U.S. will protect assets". Reuters. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ Piña Pereira, Anderson (5 April 2023). "Dinorah Figuera pide a los venezolanos estar atentos ante posible detención de Guaidó" [Dinorah Figuera asks Venezuelans to be on alert before possible detention of Guaidó]. El Informador (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ AP (19 April 2023). "Jefa de la AN desautoriza a representante en EEUU sobre sanciones" [Chief of the AN deauthorizes representative in the US on sanctions]. Diario Las Américas (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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