RIP: Venezuelan Politician Luis Miquilena dies at 97

Luis Miquilena dies at age 97

The politician, publisher and entrepreneur Venezuelan Luis Miquilena died Thursday at 97 years of age, according to family. Those who knew him describe him as a great man and a great friend.

Luis Miquilena, started in Venezuelan politics from an early age. He was known for being allied to President Isaias Medina Angarita (1941-1945), then President Romulo Gallegos opponent of (1948). He also opposed the government of President Marcos Perez Jimenez (1952-1958), being a political prisoner of the dictatorship.

After the overthrow of Perez Jimenez, Miquilena was part of Punto Fijo, allying with Democratic Action and Copei.

During the second government of Betancourt, he joined the Union Republicana Democratica (URD) ​​party. He was deputy for the state of Falcon and signed the 1961 Constitution.

Miquilena had important positions in public administration; elected Senator in 1998, he took up briefly in 1999, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice and then was President of the Constituent Assembly and President of the National Legislative Commission. In 2001 he was again appointed Minister of Interior and Justice.

Questioning some measures taken by Hugo Chavez, it originated a political rupture between the two. Later, in 2015, Luis Miquilena said in an interview he gave to Leonardo Padron, who repented of having believed Chavez, "for me it was always a humbug ."

In the interview, the politician expressed his support for Chavez was unrestricted in its infancy as a candidate and then as president, "I believe a truly honest man" but said that once in power he realized that his intentions they were not sincere and so away.

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