Vladimir Petit
Vladimir Petit Medina (February 9, 1963) is a Venezuelan former politician, who served as a deputy to Congress between 1989 and 1998 for the COPEI party.
Biography
[edit]He is the son of former Venezuelan Attorney General Jesús Petit.[1]
Political career
[edit]He was a member of COPEI's national committee until his resignation on December 8, 1998,[2] and served as a principal deputy to the Congress of Venezuela between 1988 and 1998.[3]
In 1997, Petit acknowledged in a press conference that he had received money from banker Orlando Castro Llanes, who was convicted of fraud in the United States.[1]
Later life
[edit]He completed an advanced management program in 1996 and a master's degree in administration in 2022, both at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA).[3]
In 2017, his passport was arbitrarily annulled along with that of his wife, Nitu Pérez Osuna, preventing them from leaving the country, according to a complaint filed by the Venezuelan Press and Society Institute.[4] In 2020, he signed the Madrid Charter,[5] and in 2022, he publicly opposed, along with 67 other individuals, United States President Joe Biden's relaxation of sanctions against Venezuela.[6]
Books
[edit]- Chávez y la perversión del ejército
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "BANQUERO CONDENADO CONTRIBUYÓ A CAMPAÑA DE CLINTON Y CALDERA". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 3 March 1997.
- ↑ "1998 - Cronología de historia de Venezuela". Fundación Empresas Polar (in Spanish). Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela.
- 1 2 "50 egresados más influyentes" (PDF). Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Anulan arbitrariamente pasaporte de Nitu Pérez Osuna y no puede salir del país". Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad (in Spanish).
- ↑ "CARTA DE MADRID: EN DEFENSA DE LA LIBERTAD Y LA DEMOCRACIA EN LA IBEROSFERA" (PDF). Grupo de los Conservadores y Reformistas Europeos (in Spanish).
- ↑ "The response of 68 public figures who oppose Joe Biden lifting sanctions against Venezuela". Infobae. 2022-04-19.