Presidency of Jaime Lusinchi
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Presidency of Jaime Lusinchi 2 February 1984 – 2 February 1989 | |
Party | Democratic Action |
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Seat | Miraflores Palace, Caracas |
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Jaime Lusinchi served as President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989 for Democratic Action.
Background
The adecos chose
Much of the campaign was taken up by an "underground" debate about Lusinchi's mistress, Blanca Ibañez, and adecos insisted that his legal wife had simply "to bite the bullet". When the results were in, bipolarity worked and the adecos proved that they still had the pardos on their side by garnering 56% of the vote, the highest margin ever in a Venezuelan election. Caldera was down, but, as we shall see, definitely not out. But there were two novelties in the results: although Petkoff got more votes than Rangel, together they got 7% of the vote, which the left had never before achieved, although it is questionable whether Teodoro at that point was in any way the radical he had been before. Another result was that abstentions were 12% and this was significant because, as we saw, voting was compulsory in Venezuela and by and large Venezuelans had been very dutiful in this respect, and now they showed that not voting was catching on.
Presidency
Corruption had always been an issue in Venezuela, but under Lusinchi it became the main issue, and most Venezuelans considered that corruption, and not sheer incompetence, was the root of all of society's ills. Lusinchi had divorced his wife and married Blanca Ibañez, who was considered very influential behind the scene and was blamed for abuse of power and nepotism.
Lusinchi's cabinet (1984-1989)
Ministries[3] | ||
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OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
President | Jaime Lusinchi | 1984–1989 |
Homeland Affairs | Octavio Lepage | 1984–1986 |
José Ángel Ciliberto | 1986–1988 | |
Simón Alberto Consalvi | 1988–1989 | |
Foreign Affairs | Isidro Morales Paúl | 1984–1985 |
Simón Alberto Consalvi | 1985–1988 | |
Germán Nava Carrillo | 1988–1989 | |
Finance | Manuel Azpúrua Arreaza | 1984–1987 |
Héctor Hurtado | 1987–1989 | |
Defense | Humberto Alcalde Álvarez | 1984 |
Andrés Brito Martínez | 1984–1986 | |
José Cardozo Grimaldi | 1986–1987 | |
Heliodoro Guerrero | 1987–1988 | |
Italo del Valle Alliegro | 1988–1989 | |
Development (Public Works) | Héctor Hurtado | 1984–1986 |
José Ángel Ciliberto | 1986 | |
Gustavo Mirabal Bustillos | 1986–1987 | |
Héctor Meneses | 1987–1989 | |
Transportation and Communications | Juan Pedro del Moral | 1984–1988 |
Vicente Pérez Cayena | 1988–1989 | |
Education | Ruth Lerner de Almea | 1984–1985 |
Luis Manuel Carbonell | 1985–1987 | |
Pedro Cabello Poleo | 1987–1988 | |
Laura Castillo de Gourfinkel | 1988–1989 | |
Justice | José Manzo González | 1984–1988 |
Pedro Torres Agudo | 1988–1989 | |
Energy (Mines and Oil) | Arturo Hernández Grisanti | 1984–1988 |
Julio César Gil | 1988–1989 | |
Environment | Orlando Castejón | 1984 |
Juan Francisco Otaola Paván | 1984–1986 | |
Guillermo Colmenares Finol | 1986–1989 | |
José Arnaldo Puigbó Motales | 1988–1989 | |
Agriculture | Felipe Gómez Álvarez | 1984–1988 |
Wenceslao Mantilla | 1988–1989 | |
Labor | Simón Antonio Paván | 1984–1988 |
José Arnaldo Puigbó Morales | 1988–1989 | |
Health and Social Assistance | Luis Maniel Manzanilla | 1984–1985 |
Otto Hernández Pieretti | 1985–1987 | |
Francisco Montbrum | 1987–1989 | |
Urban Development | Rafael Martín Guédez | 1984–1986 |
César Quintana Romero | 1986–1989 | |
Youth | Milena Sardi de Selle | 1984–1987 |
Virginia Olivo de Celli | 1987–1989 | |
Secretary of Presidency | Simón Alberto Consalvi | 1984–1985 |
Carmelo Lauría Lesseur | 1985–1988 | |
Carlos Croes | 1988–1989 | |
Office for Coordination and Planification | Luis Raúl Matos Azócar | 1984–1986 |
Leopoldo Carnevali | 1986–1988 | |
Modesto Freites | 1988–1989 | |
CVG | Leopoldo Sucre Figarella | 1984–1989 |
See also
References
- ^ Petkoff, Teodoro, Checoeslovaquia: el socialismo como problema, 1969
- ^ "Historia de Venezuela en Imágenes". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Gaceta Oficial de Venezuela, period 1984-1989.