Pablo Martín Pérez Álvarez (August 19, 1969 in Maracaibo

Maracaibo

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) is a Venezuela

Venezuela

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n lawyer politician and current Governor of Zulia

Zulia

Zulia State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. In June 30, 2010, it had an estimated population of 3,821,068, giving it the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is located in the northwestern part of the country...

 State.

Studies

In 1986 he graduated from secondary school with a diploma in Humanities. Pérez Álvarez enrolled at University of Zulia

University of Zulia

The University of Zulia , is a public university whose Main Campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela...

 to study laws. Later he did postgraduate studies oin Public Law at the same university. Pérez Álvarez also studied Gerencia Municipal (municipal management) at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), a Venezuelan higher education institute of management.

Political career

In 1995 he began to work with Manuel Rosales

Manuel Rosales

Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero is a Venezuelan educator and politician and was the most prominent opposition candidate in the 2006 presidential election, losing to incumbent Hugo Chávez...

, the mayor of Maracaibo. Pablo Pérez was in charge of the Legal Consultancy of the City Council and was a member of some commissions.

From 2000 to 2008, Manuel Rosales was Governor of Zulia. Pablo Pérez worked with him in some posts. In 2006 Pérez Álvarez was appointed by Rosales as Secretario de Gobierno, the second highest ranking official in the government of Zulia.

In 2004 Pablo Pérez was candidate of the political party A New Era

A New Era

A New Era is a centrist political party of Venezuela arising from the Third Way tradition. It is the largest party in Venezuela's fractured opposition, earning 11% of the vote in the 2008 gubernatorial elections...

 for the mayor’s office of Maracaibo. But he was narrowly defeated by the candidate of the Fifth Republic Movement

Fifth Republic Movement

The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

, Gian Carlo di Martino

Gian Carlo Di Martino

Gian Carlo Di Martino Tarquinio is a Venezuelan socialist, politician and lawyer who is the former mayor of the city of Maracaibo .-Biography:...

.

Governor of Zulia

In 2008 he competed for the post of Governor of Zulia with the support of A New Era and other political parties opposed to the government of Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...

 during the 2008 regional elections

Venezuelan regional elections, 2008

The regional elections of Venezuela were held on Sunday, 23 November 2008, to choose22 governors, 2 metropolitan mayors, 328 mayors and 251 aldermen for a four-year term . These were the first elections to be held since incumbent President Hugo Chávez founded the PSUV.In these elections, 17,308...

. Pablo Pérez won with 53.59% of the votes.

External links

• Pablo Pérez Gobernador (Spanish)
• Gobernación del Estado Zulia (Spanish)