Jacqueline Faría

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Jacqueline Faría Pineda
1st Head of Government of the Venezuelan Capital District
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2009
Preceded by n/a
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
In office
January 2005[1] – January 2007[2]
Succeeded by Yubirí Ortega
Personal details
Political party PSUV

Jacqueline Faría is a Venezuelan politician. She is the Head of Government of the Venezuelan Capital District (since April 2009). She was previously the head of the state mobile phone company Movilnet[3] Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (2005–2007), and head of Caracas' water company, Hidrocapital.[1] She is a hydraulic civil engineer by profession.[4]

After the election of Antonio Ledezma as Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas, the Venezuelan National Assembly passed a Capital District Law on April 30, 2009 that transferred most functions, funding, and personnel to the control of Jacqueline Faría, an official directly appointed by Hugo Chavez. A legal challenge was filed and a request was filed with the National Electoral Council to hold a referendum, but these did not stop the transfer. Opponents of Chavez described the move as a deliberate negation of the popular vote, while supporters described the political and budgetary reorganization as an "act of justice" for Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, the largest and poorest of the five municipalities making up Caracas.[5]

In 2009 Faría was also for a time President of the state telephone company CANTV.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Venezuelanalysis.com, 25 July 2005, The Many Tasks of Environmental Protection in Venezuela
  2. ↑ ventanabolivariana.org, 8 January 2007, Otorgados reconocimientos a ministros salientes y al vicepresidente Rodríguez
  3. ↑ El Universal, 16 April 2009, Jacqueline Faria sworn in as head of government of the Capital District
  4. ↑ Venezuelanalysis.com, 16 April 2009, Venezuelan President Designates New Caracas Head and Communications Minister
  5. ↑ Jeremy Morgan (2009-05-30). "Caracas Metromayor’s ‘Political Defenestration’ All But Complete in Venezuela". Los Angeles Times. 
  6. ↑ El Universal, 15 May 2009, Capital District Governor Jacqueline Faria appointed new president of CANTV
  7. ↑ CANTV, Presidentes de Cantv


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