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Dinorah Figuera | |
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![]() Figuera in 2017 | |
11th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
Incumbent (contested) | |
Assumed office 5 January 2023 | |
Disputed with | Jorge Rodríguez |
Preceded by | Juan Guaidó |
Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela for Caracas | |
In office 5 January 2011 –5 January 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dinorah Figuera 15 April 1961 Aragua,Venezuela |
Political party | Justice First |
Education | Central University of Venezuela |
Profession | Physician |
Dinorah Figuera (born 15 April 1961 [1] ) is a Venezuelan physician and politician. She is a deputy and president of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile in Spain.
Born in Aragua, [1] Dinorah Figuera was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela where she graduated as a surgeon in 1991. As a member of Radical Cause party,she was undersecretary of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas between 1993 and 1996,during the administration of Aristóbulo Istúriz. [2] She was a figure during the 2017 protests in Venezuela. [2]
Figuera was elected as a deputy for Caracas in the III National Assembly and for Aragua in the IV National Assembly. [1] Figuera is exiled in Spain after escaping Venezuela through the French embassy in Caracas.
On 5 January 2023,Figuera was elected as president of the IV National Assembly,even though she remains in exile. Figuera was chosen to replace opposition figure Juan Guaidó. [3] After her election,the government of Venezuela issued an arrest warrant against her. [3]
In an interview with Reuters,Figuera said that she was confident that the Biden administration would protect the assets of Citgo Petroleum and the nearly $2 billion in gold that the Venezuelan governments holds in the Bank of England,which has been a dispute between the Maduro government and the opposition. [4]
On 2 April 2023,Figuera released a statement in support of her predecessor,Juan Guaidó,who had earlier denounced that the government planned to arrest him. Figuera condemned the intimidation against Guaidóand solidarized herself with him. [5] In another statement,Figuera deauthorized an opposition deputy who asked for a more softened stance on sanctions from the US,saying that said deputy did not represent the whole opposition National Assembly. [6]