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Asdrúbal Aguiar

Former Minister of the Interior and Justice, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Bio Current as of April 28, 2017

Lawyer and Doctor of Law, summa cum laude. Hispanic member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Spain and the International Academy of Comparative Law at The Hague. Professor of International Law and Human Rights (UCAB, Caracas and USAL, Buenos Aires). Former Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Former Ambassador. Governor of Caracas and Minister of the Presidency of Venezuela (1994-1998), Minister of Interior Relations and Interim President of Venezuela (1998). Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Director of Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA). Opinion columnist and author of 26 books.


Abogado y Doctor en Derecho Summa cum laude. Miembro de la Real Academia Hispanoamericana de Ciencias, Artes y Letras de España y de la Academia Internacional de Derecho Comparado de La Haya. Catedrático de Derecho Internacional y Derechos Humanos (UCAB, Caracas y USAL, Buenos Aires). Ex Juez de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Ex Embajador. Gobernador de Caracas y Ministro de la Presidencia de Venezuela (1994-1998), Ministro de Relaciones Interiores y Presidente Encargado de Venezuela (1998). Miembro de la Junta de Directores de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) y Director de Iniciativa Democrática de España y las Américas (IDEA). Columnista de opinión y autor de 26 libros.