Juan Barreto

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Juan Alejandro Barreto Cipriani (born 1959) is a politician in Venezuela. He has been mayor of Caracas since 2004, and belongs to the Movimiento Quinta República party (MVR).

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Congressperson 1.2 Mayor of Caracas 1.3 Other 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Congressperson

Juan Barreto entered the political scene with his election to the Venezuelan National Congress in November 1998. On July 30, 2000, Barreto was elected to the newly created National Assembly (the legislative body that replaced the National Congress), receiving 276,952 votes, or 53.98% of the total votes, and represented the Venezuelan Capital District. He resigned from this position when he was elected mayor of Caracas in October 2004.

[edit] Mayor of Caracas

Since becoming mayor, Barreto's relationships with the other mayors of Caracas has been hostile. On August 22, 2006 he denounced fellow mayors Leopoldo López and Henrique Capriles. In response, both announced legal action against him. ^[1]

[edit] Other

Juan Barreto has received degrees in journalism and social sciences. He was the director of the newspaper "Correo del Presidente", the Oficina Central de Información (OCI, now the Ministry of Communication and Information), and the news agency Venpres (now known as the Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias, or ABN). Barreto is also a professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.

He is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.

[edit] See also

• Leopoldo López
• Henrique Capriles

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alcaldiamayor, Official website
• CityMayors profile
• BBC
• Yahoo
• VHeadline
• El Universal
• Asamblea Nacional

Current governors of states of Venezuela
Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla Anzoategui: Tarek Saab Apure: Jesus Aguilarte Aragua: Didalco Bolivar Barinas: Hugo de los Reyes Chávez Bolivar: Francisco Rangel	Carabobo: Luis Acosta Cojedes: Jhonny Yanez Delta Amacuro: Yelitza Santaella Falcon: Jesus Montilla Guarico: Eduardo Manuitt Lara: Luis Reyes	Merida: Florencio Porras Miranda: Diosdado Cabello Monagas: Jose Briceño Nueva Esparta: Morel Rodriguez Portuguesa: Antonia Muñoz Sucre: Ramon Martinez	Táchira: Roland Blanco Trujillo: Gilmer Viloria Vargas: Antonio Rodriguez Yaracuy: Carlos Gimenez Zulia: Manuel Rosales Caracas: Juan Barreto (Mayor)