Jorge García Carneiro

Jorge García Carneiro
3rd Governor of Vargas
Assumed office
2008
Preceded by Antonio Rodríguez San Juan
Minister of Defense
In office
8 January 2004  December 2006
Preceded by José Luís Prieto
Succeeded by Raúl Baduel
Personal details
Born 8 February 1952
Political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Profession politician

Jorge Luis García Carneiro (8 February 1952[1] – ) is a Venezuelan politician. He was elected the governor of Vargas in 2008, having previously been head of the Venezuelan Army, Minister of Defense, and Minister for Social Development and Popular Participation. He is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) of Venezuela's former president, Hugo Chávez.

García Carneiro graduated from the Military academy of Venezuela in 1975.[1] During the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, as the general in charge of the largest military unit in Caracas, he was taken prisoner at Fort Tiuna.[2]

García Carneiro was the head of the Venezuelan Army from January 2003 to January 2004, when he became Minister of Defense.[3] He held this position until December 2006.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 (Spanish) Biografía del General, accessed 19 October 2010
  2. Jones, Bart (2008), Hugo! The Hugo Chávez Story: From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution, London: The Bodley Head. p335
  3. BBC Monitoring, 7 January 2004, Venezuela's Chavez appoints army chief as new defence minister
  4. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Gabinete Cabinet, updated 2 February 2011, accessed 6 May 2011.

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