Leopoldo Martínez Nucete
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Leopoldo Martínez Nucete | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
In office 2000–2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Leopoldo Martínez Nucete October 16, 1964 Caracas, Venezuela |
Political party | Democratic Party Justice First Democratic Action |
Education | Andrés Bello Catholic University Harvard University Princeton University University of Miami |
Leopoldo José Martínez Nucete (born October 16, 1964) is a Venezuelan-American lawyer, writer, and politician. He was previously a member of the Democratic National Committee and an opposition deputy in the National Assembly of Venezuela.
Early life, education and academic activities
Martínez Nucete graduated as a lawyer from the
Career
Venezuelan politics
Martínez Nucete began his political career with the Democratic Action (Acción Democrática) party, which has an international affiliation with Socialist International, together with the majority of social democratic parties in Europe and worldwide. Like most social democratic parties in other countries, in Venezuela Acción Democrática was key in establishing democracy, leading the struggle against the right wing authoritarian dictatorship of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, as well as defeating (through the decisive actions of democratically elected governments) the incursion of communists "guerrillas" in Venezuela, during the 60s. Martínez Nucete grandparents José Nucete Sardi and Leopoldo Martínez Olavarria were closely connected to the foundation and democratic struggles protagonized by Acción Democrática; and his father, businessman Bernardo Martínez Acosta, was a high level official under the Presidencies of Carlos Andrés Pérez and Jaime Lusinchi, both from Acción Democrática.
In the parliamentary elections of 2000, Leopoldo Martínez was elected as an independent Assembly member supported by an alliance between the Governor of the State of Miranda
Between the years of 2002 and 2005 members of Chavez' parliamentary fraction petition the Supreme Court to authorize the impeachment of Martinez Nucete as a conspirator and traitor of the national interest. Their request was dismissed by the Supreme Court on April 25, 2005 (Judgement 13, case 2002-00074), but without prejudice, leaving the window open for future political persecution. Therefore, Martinez has forced to flee the country with his family, to avoid further personal persecution; which had already included the confiscation by the government of some of his family assets. After years of successful litigation efforts against this confiscation, the process was ended in 24 hours, adverse to the Martinez Family, with an irregular ruling of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court which, in their Judgement 1863 on December 19, 2014 (case 14–1342), returned the asset to the control of the government.
American politics
Martínez Nucete became a U.S. citizen and resides in McLean, Virginia, where he is the CEO of the Center for Democracy and Development of the Americas (CDDA/IQLatino) publishers of IQLatino, and serves as a board member and chair of the National Committee (after being the first chairman of the board) of the Latino Victory Project.[4]
In 2018,
He was appointed by the Governor Terry McAuliffe to be Commissioner for Small Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and was a member of the Transition Commission between the McAuliffe and Ralph Northam administrations. Martínez Nucete also served on the board of directors of the University of Mary Washington.[6] As a board member of the university he served as the chair of the Administration, Finance, Advancement and Facilities Committee, and a member of the Audit and Executive Committees. Recently, the Sorensen Institute at the University of Virginia appointed Leopoldo Martinez Nucete to their Board of Advisors. The Sorensen Institute, under the leadership of Leopoldo Martinez Nucete with support from CDDA/IQ Latino, created the Jose Nucete Sardi Fellowships, to increase Latino participation in the institute's programs.
In his activism and advocacy on Latino empowerment, with the Latino Victory Project and as a DNC member, Leopoldo Martinez spearheaded the efforts that led to including in the Democratic Party’s platform of 2020 the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan refugees fleeing the humanitarian crisis and oppressive regime of Nicolas Maduro, which became effective during the Biden Harris Administration since March 2021.
Inter-American bank nomination
On August 10, 2021, President
References
- ^ "Un venezolano integra el Comité Nacional del partido demócrata de los EE UU". January 8, 2018.
- ^ Team, Apollo. "Leopoldo Martinez".
- ^ "Leopoldo Martínez Nucete". Fox News. September 6, 2020.
- ^ LeBrusq, Sara. "leopoldo-martinez".
- ^ ""Los hispanos tenemos que levantar la voz y destacar el peso histórico del legado hispano en la construcción de los EE.UU.", afirma Leopoldo Martínez, nuevo miembro del Comité Nacional Demócrata – The Hispanic Council".
- ^ "Leopoldo Martinez". July 5, 2022.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Ten Key Nominations". The White House. August 10, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "PN149 — Leopoldo Martinez Nucete — Inter-American Development Bank, 118th Congress (2023-2024)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.