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Biography of Carlos Andrés PérezName: Carlos Andrés PérezBirth Date: 1922 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Rubio, Venezuela Nationality: Venezuelan Gender: Male Occupations: president Carlos Andrés Pérez Carlos Andrés Pérez (born 1922) served as president of Venezuela and oversaw the nationalization of his country's oil industry. In May 1993 he was impeached on allegations of embezzlement and misuse of public funds. After more than two years of house arrest, Pérez was released in September 1996.Carlos Andrés Pérez, the son of Antonio and Julia Pérez, was born in 1922 in the Andean town of Rubio in the western state of Táchira, Venezuela. His father, a member of the rural middle class, owned both a pharmacy and a small coffee hacienda. Even as a youth Pérez was devoted to politics. He headed student organizations and in 1935 joined in political demonstrations in Rubio which followed the death of Venezuela's long-time dictator, Juan Vicente Gómez (1909-1935). In 1939 his family moved to Caracas, where he completed his secondary …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…released on September 19, 1996. He was stripped of his title as honorary senator, a position given to all former presidents. Although the Venezuelan constitution prohibits those sentenced to less than three years from being barred from office, Pérez missed the cutoff by eight months. A newly freed man, and still supported by grassroots Acción Democrática members, Pérez proclaimed that he intended to run for Venezuela's senate in 1998 in his home state of Táchira and restore his reputation. He was elected to the senate in November 1998. Further Reading There is no complete biography of Pérez in English. For background and information see David Eugene Blank, Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic (1984) and Judith Ewell, Venezuela: A Century of Change (1984). For Venezuela's relations with the foreign oil industry see Stephen G. Rabe, The Road to OPEC: United States Relations with Venezuela, 1919-1976 (1982). |