Jaime Lusinchi
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| Jaime Luisinchi | |
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| In office February 2, 1984 – February 2, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Herrera Campins |
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| Succeeded by | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
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| Born | May 27, 1924 Clarines, Anzoátegui, Venezuela |
| Political party | Acción Democrática |
| Spouse | Gladys Castillo, Blanca Ibañez |
Jaime Lusinchi (b. 1924) is a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989.
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[edit] Early life
Jaime Lusinchi was born in Clarines, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, May 27, 1924. However, his file of birth and baptism, owned by the historian Vinicio Romero, is reported to say that he was born and was baptized in Maiquetía, Federal District. He studied highschool in Barcelona, but he spend much of his youth in the coastal city of Puerto Píritu. He began to study medicine at the Universidad de los Andes in 1941 and finished at the Central University of Venezuela in 1947.
[edit] The politician and president
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Between 1948 and 1978 he was elected as a Deputy to the National Congress for the state of Anzoátegui until 1983 when he decided to run for President. In 1952 Lusinchi went into exile spending eight months in Buenos Aires. From 1952 to 1956 he studied in the University of New York, where he developed a close relationship with Rómulo Betancourt and other Venezuelan political leaders. When he returned to Venezuela in 1958, Lusinchi worked actively for the political party Acción Democrática.
In 1983 Lusinchi was elected President of Venezuela. One of his first actions as President was to refinance the foreign debt. In 1985 Lusinchi welcomed John Paul II, the first Pope ever to visit Venezuela. Married with Gladys Castillo, he filed for divorce in 1991 and married his Private Secretary Blanca Ibáñez. When he finished his presidential period, he was accused of acquiring, with funds belonging to a Secret Presidential Budget, offroad vehicles that were later used for the 1987 electoral campaign of Acción Democrática. Upon leaving office he made history by being the president with the most favorable ratings upon leaving office. In 1996, the statute of limitation of his corruption charges expired, releasing him of all fault according to Venezuelan law. He lives in self-imposed exile in the city of Miami.
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- (Spanish) Jaime Lusinchi — Official biography.
- (Spanish) Jaime Lusinchi
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