Aristóbulo Istúriz [SEP] date of birth
Aristóbulo Istúriz
Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida (born 20 December 1946) is a Venezuelan politician and academic who has been Vice President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela since 4 August 2017; he was also Vice President of Venezuela from January 2016 to January 2017.
Life and career.
He was a professor at the "Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo" (CENDES) of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He was elected to Parliament several times for Acción Democrática, representing the Federal District (now the Capital District), before
of the Libertador Municipality (1996–2000) of the Venezuelan Capital District, having been appointed governor of the now-defunct Federal District (1992–1993) by Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Political history Mayor of Caracas.
In 2008, he challenged pro-Chavez PSUV/Fatherland for All candidate Aristóbulo Istúriz in the 2008 Caracas mayoral election and won. Subsequent to his election, the Venezuelan National Assembly passed a Capital District Law on April 30, 2009, that transferred most functions, funding, and personnel of the Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas to