Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonardo Ruiz Pineda

Venezuelan politician

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1916

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1952

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Leonardo Ruiz Pineda

  • Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, (28 September 1916, Rubio, Táchira, - 21 October 1952, Caracas) was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member and one of the founders of the party AcciĂłn Democrática (AD), of which was Secretary General and leader of the clandestine resistance between 1949 and 1952 against the dictatorship of Marcos PĂ©rez JimĂ©nez.Ruiz Pineda was appointed Governor of Táchira in 1946 under Romulo Betancourt, and Minister of Communications in February 1948 in the government of Romulo Gallegos.
  • During the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'Ă©tat he was arrested, and imprisoned for six months.
  • After his release he became Secretary General of Democratic Action in September 1949, succeeding Octavio Lepage, leading the clandestine resistance movement against the military dictatorship.
  • On 21 October 1952 he was assassinated by police in Caracas.

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