Andrés Velásquez is a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n politician of the

Radical Cause The Radical Cause (, LCR), stylized as La Causa Я, is a minor left-wing political party in Venezuela, and today part of the Venezuelan opposition to president Nicolás Maduro. At its peak in the early 1990s, the party came within touching dista ...

(''La Causa Radical'') party.

Career

Formerly the general secretary of the steelworkers union of SIDOR, he became one of the leaders of

after the death of its founder, Alfredo Maneiro, in 1982. He was the governor of Bolívar State from 1989 to 1995, and a member of the

National Assembly of Venezuela The National Assembly () is the federal legislature of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was first elected in 2000 under the 1999 constitution. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by a ...

from 2000 to 2006. In the

2000 Venezuelan regional elections Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2000, alongside the 2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election and 2000 Venezuelan presidential election. The regional elections were for Venezuelan state governorships and mayorships. The Fifth R ...

he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of

Anzoátegui state Anzoátegui State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the northeastern region of the country. Anzoátegui is well known for its beaches that attract many visitors. Its coast consists of a single beach approximately long. Its ca ...

. He was Radical Cause's candidate in the

1993 Venezuelan presidential election General elections were held in Venezuela on 5 December 1993.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 The presidential elections were won by former president Rafael Caldera of National Convergence, who ...

, coming fourth with 22% of the vote;

Rafael Caldera Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez ( ; 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009) was a Venezuelan politician and academician who was the 46th and 51st president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999, thus becoming the longest se ...

became president with 30.5%. He had also been Radical Cause's candidate in the 1983 election and 1988 election, gaining less than 1% of the vote. In the Venezuelan regional elections, 2008 he ran again for governor of Bolívar state, coming second with 30% of the vote. Velásquez ran again for governor of Bolívar in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, coming close second and claiming irregularities both times. In May 2019, Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered the prosecution of seven National Assembly members, including Velásquez, for their actions during the failed uprising. However, Velásquez's name was later scrapped from the list.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Velasquez, Andres Living people Governors of Bolívar (state) People from Puerto la Cruz Members of the National Assembly (Venezuela) Radical Cause politicians 1953 births Venezuelan city councillors People of the Crisis in Venezuela Candidates for President of Venezuela Venezuelan trade union leaders