Pompeyo Márquez
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Born | Pompeyo Ezequiel Márquez Millán 28 April 1922 |
Died | 21 June 2017 Caracas, Venezuela | (aged 95)
Pompeyo Ezequiel Márquez Millán (28 April 1922 – 21 June 2017)[1] was a Venezuelan politician and former marxist guerrilla member in the 1960s. He was one of the founders of Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS),[2] and part of the opposition to the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. In the 1980s he was a member of the Comisión para la Reforma del Estado (COPRE). In 1989, he was appointed by Carlos Andrés Pérez as a member of the Presidential Committee for Colombian-Venezuelan Border Issues (COPAF) chaired by Ramón J. Velásquez. He was Minister of Borders of the Government of Rafael Caldera from 1994 through 1999.
He died on 21 June 2017, at the age of 95.[3]
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References[]
- ^ http://vtv.gob.ve/pompeyo-marquez-fallecio-este-miercoles-en-la-madrugada/
- ^ Ellner, Steve (1988). Venezuela's Movimiento al Socialismo: from guerrilla defeat to innovative politics. Duke University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-8223-0808-9.
- ^ José Silva (21 June 2017). "Falleció Pompeyo Márquez a los 95 años la madrugada de este miércoles" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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- 1922 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Ciudad Bolívar
- Venezuelan journalists
- Government ministers of Venezuela
- Communist Party of Venezuela politicians
- Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) politicians
- Venezuelan guerrillas
- Escapees from Venezuelan detention
- Venezuelan escapees
- Venezuelan people stubs