Juan Andrés Mejía
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Juan Andrés Mejía Szilard (b. 30 May 1986[1]) is a Venezuelan deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Miranda.[1] He is also the political coordinator for his party, Popular Will (Spanish: Voluntad Popular).[1][2]
Mejía heads the National Assembly commission to develop and advance a plan for Venezuela's reconstruction, Plan País.[3]
As a student, he was president of the Simón Bolívar University student union.[4] As a candidate for the National Assembly, with Freddy Guevara, he emphasized the role of student protests against Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro.[5]
In May 2019, Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered the prosecution of several National Assembly members for their actions during the failed uprising, including Juan Andrés Mejía.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Juan Andrés Mejía @JuanAndresMejia". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Candidatos Unitarios de VP en Miranda para la AN formalizan su inscripción en el CNE" (in Spanish). Voluntad Popular. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Instalada Comision Plan País de la Asamblea Nacional". Caraboboes Noticia (in Spanish). 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "No a la división entre venezolanos". El País (in Spanish). 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Freddy Guevara y Juan Andrés Mejía ratificaron su compromiso con la lucha del Movimiento Estudiantil". LaPatilla (in Spanish). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Venezuela detains deputy of opposition leader Juan Guaido". France 24. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- "Juan Andres Mejia MPA 2015 wants to be a force for change in Venezuela". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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