Leopoldo López
Leopoldo López | |
|---|---|
 López in 2012 | |
| National Coordinator of Voluntad Popular | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Mayor of Chacao | |
| In office July 2000 – 9 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelio Popesco |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Graterón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza 29 April 1971 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | Voluntad Popular |
| Spouse(s) | Lilian Tintori |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | The Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey Kenyon College Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government |
| Occupation | Economist[1] |
| Website | leopoldolopez.com |
Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza (born 29 April 1971) is a Venezuelan politician.[2] He co-founded the political party Primero Justicia in 2000 with Henrique Capriles and Julio Borges. He was elected mayor of the Chacao Municipality in 2000. He is a known critic and political enemy of President Nicolas Maduro.
He was arrested in 2014, in which many saw as a politically motivated move by President Maduro. The European Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and several human rights organizations have condemned the arrest and defined it as politically motivated.[3][4] He was convicted on violence and sent to prison for 13 years. He was later transferred to house arrest on 8 July 2017.[5]
On 1 August 2017, he was taken from his home by SEBIN agents and was briefly taken to jail again.[6] During the 2019 Venezuelan uprising, López took refuge as a guest in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas. He fled Venezuela in October 2020.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Vinogradoff, Ludmila. "Leopoldo López y los otros dos líderes emergentes de la oposición en Venezuela". ABC. No. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Guaido leads military uprising". Associated Press. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Muchas dudas y rechazo genera condena contra Leopoldo López". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ↑ "ONU denuncia que opositor venezolano Leopoldo López está aislado en la cárcel". La Tercera. EFE. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Leopoldo Lopez being released from prison to house arrest". CNN. 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Líderes políticos reaccionan ante traslado de Ledezma y López a Ramo Verde". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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