Luisa Ortega Díaz
| Luisa Ortega Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Luisa Marvelia Ortega Díaz | |
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| Prosecutor General of Venezuela | |
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In office 13 December 2007 – 5 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz |
| Succeeded by | Tarek William Saab |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 January 1958 Valle de la Pascua, Guárico, Venezuela |
| Residence | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Alma mater | University of Carabobo |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | luisaortegadiaz.com |
Luisa Marvelia Ortega Díaz (born 11 January 1958) is a Venezuelan lawyer. Between December 2007 and August 2017, she served as the Prosecutor General of Venezuela.[1]
Early life and career
Ortega Díaz was born in Valle de la Pascua, in Guárico State, on 11 January 1958.
She was educated at the University of Carabobo, in Carabobo, graduating in law. She then chose to specialize in criminal law and in procedural law and moved to Caracas. She studied criminal law at the Universidad Santa María and procedural law at Andrés Bello Catholic University, both in the capital.
Ortega later became a law professor at the Universidad Santa María and still holds the title. She also served as a legal consultant to the state TV channel, Venezolana de Televisión.
Prosecutor General
In April 2002, Ortega joined the public prosecution service, in the Ministerio Público.[2]
On 13 December 2007, she was appointed Prosecutor General, the office often being translated by its equivalent of Attorney General. She was appointed by the parliament, or National Assembly, for a six-year period from 2008. In December 2014, on completion of the 2008-2014 term, she received authorisation for a second term, from 2015 to 2021.
Despite having been appointed under the government of Hugo Chávez, Ortega has been conspicuous in refusing to extend blanket support for the beleaguered regime of his successor Nicolas Maduro. On 29 June 2017, the Supreme Court barred her from leaving the country and froze her assets, due to alleged "serious misconduct" in office.[3]
She was dismissed as Prosecutor General by the newly established National Constitutional Assembly on 5 August 2017.[4][5]
See also
- 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis – publicly opposed moves by the Supreme Court
- Crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela – one of the few prominent Chavistas dissenting from the Maduro government
- Government of Venezuela
References
- ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Venezuela constitutional assembly fires chief prosecutor - News - DW - 05.08.2017". DW.COM.
- ↑ "Fiscal General de la República – Curriculum". Ministerio Público. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Attorney General Barred From Leaving Country". Voice of America. 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "Venezuela constitutional assembly fires chief prosecutor". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "Venezuela’s Ousted Attorney General Retreats on a Motorbike". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2017.