Reinaldo Quijada
Reinaldo Quijada | |
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| Born | November 21, 1959 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political party | UPP89 |
| Parent(s) | Manuel Quijada Evelina Cervoni |
| Occupation | Electronics engineer |
Reinaldo José Quijada Cervoni (born November 21, 1959) is a Venezuelan engineer and politician. He was a candidate in the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, in which he received 36,132 votes.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, when his father Manuel Quijada was representative of Venezuela at the UN. He was born in the Venezuelan embassy in Switzerland.[citation needed]
Politics
[edit]In February 1992, when Hugo Chávez's coup d'état was carried out against Carlos Andrés Pérez, he openly supported it. That same year, he founded with other fellow activists, the Patriotic Front, which supported socialist ideas within the nation. In 2008, he became a member of the PSUV. That same year he was a candidate for the governorship of Miranda State.[citation needed]
In 2013, after Chávez's death, the PSUV underwent a series of changes that led Quijada, together with other members of the People's Electoral Movement, to abandon the idea of participating in the government of Nicolás Maduro, and in 2015 he founded the UPP89 party.[2][3][4]
On February 21, 2018, he announced his candidacy in the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election under his UPP89 party, with the main platform of the campaign being to support a revolutionary process that Nicolás Maduro had abandoned.[5][6] The campaign was registered with Venezuela's National Electoral Council on February 27.[7] He came in fourth place with 36,132 votes.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Divulgación Electoral 2018". cne.gov.ve. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "UPP 89: nuevo partido político | Últimas Noticias". Últimas Noticias (in European Spanish). May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "Venezuelan elections: Who is Maduro up against this year?". euronews. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "Latin American Herald Tribune – Left Challenger Calls for Venezuelas Reconstruction". Latin America Herald Tribune. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Dia, Noticia al (February 21, 2018). "Reinaldo Quijada anunció candidatura a las presidenciales". noticiaaldia.com | Noticias de Maracaibo Sucesos del Zulia (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "Reinaldo Quijada es la competencia "revolucionaria" a Nicolás Maduro". Tal Cual (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Globovision. "Reinaldo Quijada presentó su candidatura a la Presidencia por el partido UPP89". Globovisión (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 18, 2018.