Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa

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Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
President of the Senate of Venezuela
In office
1962–1967
PresidentRómulo Betancourt
Raúl Leoni
Preceded byRaúl Leoni
Succeeded byLuis Augusto Dubuc
Personal details
Born(1902-03-14)14 March 1902
People's Electoral Movement
Professionpolitician
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Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (14 March 1902 – 22 April 1993), was a Venezuelan politician. A founder of

People's Electoral Movement, which he led until his death.[1]

Career

After completing a doctorate in political and social sciences at the

Venezuelan Senate from 1962 to 1967,[2] and President of AD (1963–67).[1]

In 1967 Prieto Figueroa campaigned to be the party's presidential candidate for the

1978 Venezuelan presidential election (the party endorsed Jesús Ángel Paz Galarraga in 1973), achieved only just over 1%.[citation needed
]

Books

  • Las ideas no se degüellan (1980)
  • Pido la palabra (1982)
  • Mi hermana María Secundina y otras escrituras (1984)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (in Spanish) Biography at Venezuelatuya.com
  2. ^ Sereno, Herminia Cristina Méndez (January 1997). "5 siglos de historia de Venezuela: Desde 1492 hasta 1996 : Guía para estudiantes".
  3. ^ a b Powell, John Duncan (1971), Political mobilization of the Venezuelan peasant, Harvard University Press. p206-7
  4. ^ a b David L. Swanson, Paolo Mancini (1996), Politics, media, and modern democracy: an international study of innovations in electoral campaigning and their consequences, Greenwood Publishing Group. p244

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