Carmelo Antonio Lauría Lesseur (24 August 1936 – 29 November 2010 Globovision, 30 November 2010
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Career

He served in several ministerial positions for

Carlos Andrés Pérez Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as ''Venezuelan Spanish#Some examples of Spanish words common in Venezuela.2C including some native Venezuelanisms .28slang.29, El ...

, and was Secretary of the Presidency for

Jaime Lusinchi Jaime Ramón Lusinchi (27 May 1924 – 21 May 2014) was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corrupt ...

from 1985 to 1988, and Governor of the

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(1984–85). He also served as President of the

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from 1994 to 1996. Among other business positions he was Director of Banco Central de Venezuela and President of Banco de Venezuela, and a board member of Sidor. Lauría was said to be one of the "

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", a group of Venezuelan businessmen close to President

during his first term, Lauria served briefly as Minister for Development in 1974, during the

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. He was also briefly Interior Minister in 1992 during the

Second Presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez The second presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez (1988–93) started with an economic crisis, a major riot in which hundreds were killed by security forces (Caracazo, 1989), followed by an economic recovery by also two coup attempts in 1992, and his ...

. He obtained a law degree and a doctorate in law from the

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, and taught there and at the

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. Democratic Action, 29 November 2010
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'' El Nacional'', 30 November 2010
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References

1936 births 2010 deaths Andrés Bello Catholic University alumni 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers Democratic Action (Venezuela) politicians Academic staff of Andrés Bello Catholic University Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela Ministers of interior of Venezuela Presidents of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Secretariat of the Presidency ministers of Venezuela Jaime Lusinchi ministers Carlos Andrés Pérez ministers {{Venezuela-politician-stub