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Juan Manuel Raffalli Arismendi is a Venezuelan constitutional lawyer, [1] [2] law professor, and politician. [3]

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Raffalli graduated from Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in 1986, [4] and received his law degree, focused on procedural law, [3] from UCAB in 1989. [4] He has been a law professor at three Venezuelan universities: UCAB (where he was also the head of the Law Department), Monteávila University, and the Institute for Superior Administrative Studies. [3] [4] He is a partner with the law firm of Raffalli de Lemos Halvorssen Ortega and Ortiz. [4]

Raffalli founded the Constitutional Forum of Venezuela and was president of the Justice and Democracy Foundation. [3] He served as a director for the Caracas Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and as a member of the legal committee for the Venezuelan–American chamber of commerce (VENAMCHAM). [4]

He served in Venezuela's parliament as an alternate deputy to the National Assembly, [3] and assisted the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (Spanish : Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, MUD) in dialogue with the government of Nicolás Maduro. [5]

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References

  1. "Juan Manuel Raffalli pidió a la oposición fijar una posición única" [Juan Manuel Raffalli asked the opposition to establish one position]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Leon, Ibis (14 November 2018). "Juan Raffalli: El 10 de enero debe ser el catalizador para un acuerdo político electoral" [Juan Raffalli: January 10 should be the catalyst for an electoral political agreement]. Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Juan Manuel Raffalli Arismendi: Professor, UCAB, UMA, and IESA". Americas Society: Council of the Americas . Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Juan Manuel Raffalli Arismendi" (in Spanish). Centro Empresarial de Conciliación y Arbitraje (CEDCA). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. Tomillo C., Manuel (4 February 2018). "Asesor de la MUD en el diálogo solicitó que elecciones presidenciales sean después de abril" [Advisor to the MUD in the dialogue requested that presidential elections be after April]. Caraota Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2019.[ permanent dead link ]