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César Pérez Vivas

César Pérez Vivas

Venezuelan politician

César Alejandro Pérez Vivas (born April 24, 1957), is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician associated with COPEI in Táchira State. From 2008 to 2012, he was the Governor of Táchira.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Vivas.
Quick Facts 45th Governor of Táchira, Preceded by ...

Career

He studied the secondary level at Jáuregui, a military school from Táchira State. Later Pérez Vivas got graduated as a lawyer at the Catholic University of Tachira. Finally he did the postgraduate level at Central University of Venezuela. Pérez Vivas worked also as a university lecturer.

Pérez Vivas was chosen Youth Secretary of COPEI -Táchira in 1977. Later he became National Youth Secretary of that party. From 2002 to 2007, Pérez Vivas was the General Secretary of COPEI. In 1983 Pérez Vivas was elected a deputy of the Asamblea Legislativa of Táchira State, a kind of state legislature. From 1988 to 1998 Pérez Vivas worked as a deputy of the Venezuelan National Congress. In 2000, he won a seat at the National Assembly of Venezuela. In 2005 he decided not to compete for a re-election as deputy.

On 28 September 2008, Pérez Vivas won a primary election done by some political parties opposed to Hugo Chávez to select the candidate to the governor's office of Táchira State.[1] On 23 November, he became the winner during the Venezuelan regional elections with 49% of the votes, according to the first bulletin from the CNE.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    César Pérez Vivas ganó primarias en Táchira Archived 2008-09-30 at archive.today. CadenaGlobal.com. (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Pérez Vivas es el nuevo Gobernador del Táchira Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. La Nación (San Cristóbal) (in Spanish)

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