Luis Alfonso Dávila

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Luis Alfonso Dávila (born 1943) is a Venezuelan politician. He was elected to the Venezuelan Senate in the 1998 elections, becoming its President before the Senate was removed by the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela. Davila was interior minister of Venezuela until February 2001, when he moved to become foreign minister, being replaced as Interior Minister by Luis Miquilena.^[1]^[2] He was replaced as foreign minister by Roy Chaderton in May 2002,^[3] having briefly been replaced by José Rodríguez Iturbe in 2002.

In the Venezuelan regional elections, 2008 he stood as an independent, gaining less than 1% of the vote.

References

↑ BBC, 4 February 2001, Venezuelan cabinet reshuffle
↑ Los Angeles Times, 5 February 2001, Venezuelan Leader Marks Anniversary of His Failed Coup; Government: President, once a rebel chief, leads caravan of supporters
↑ AP, 31 May 2002, Chavez Swears in Foreign Minister

Preceded by Ignacio Arcaya	Venezuelan Minister of Interior 2000–2001	Succeeded by Luis Miquilena
Preceded by José Vicente Rangel	Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001–2002	Succeeded by Roy Chaderton

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Name	Davila%252C Luis Alfonso
Alternative names
Short description	Army Colonel. Last military post was as Head of the Air Army Brigade in La Carlota Air Force Military Camp, located in Caracas. As Lieutenant Colonel he was the Commander of Bravos de Apure Battalion located in the southwestern state of Apure, where Captain Hugo Chavez Frias was commanding one of the battalion’s companies. He suported Hugo Chavez in 1998 Presidential Elections.
Date of birth	1943
Place of birth	Merida
Date of death
Place of death

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