Leopoldo Sucre Figarella
Leopoldo Sucre Figarella was a
senator
during his long and eventful political career. He was nicknamed "The Builder" and "The Czar of Guayana".
Biography
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Early career
He was born in Tumeremo in the state of
Ministry of Public Works in Miranda. During the 1950s, he actively opposed the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
and had to go into hiding several times due to security concerns.
In 1958 and with the fall of Pérez Jiménez, Sucre Figarella was named
Raul Leoni. From this position, Sucre pushed forward many important works such as the Angostura Bridge in Ciudad Bolívar, the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge in Maracaibo, the Araña highway distributor, the Tejerías-Caracas highway, the Guri Dam in Bolivar, the famous Cota Mil in Caracas as well as pushing forth works on the Caracas Metro and the expansion of the Simón Bolívar International Airport
among others.
President of the CVG
In 1984, President
waterworks of the Guayana region
was improved upon along with the health, justice, sports and agriculture infrastructure.
Some, such as newspaper columnist José Ignacio Acevedo, consider Sucre Figarella's infrastructure construction to be the most useful and expansive during the whole of the democratic period in Venezuela.[Senator for the state of Bolivar for the period between 1984 and 1989.
After his resignation from the state-owned company, he was elected for another period lasting between 1994 and 1999. He was unable to complete this second appointment due to his sudden death on October 17, 1996 only a few months after the death of his brother Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella.
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