Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Venezuelan politician
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Place of Birth: La Asunción, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
About Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
- Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (14 March 1902 – 22 April 1993), was a Venezuelan politician.
- A founder of Democratic Action and Minister of Education in its first government (1947–1948), he was a leader of Democratic Action after the restoration of democracy in 1958.
- He split from Democratic Action in 1967 when it tried to prevent his victory in district-level primary elections for the 1968 presidential race translating into Prieto Figueroa winning the nomination.
- He and a substantial group of supporters split from AD and founded the People's Electoral Movement, which he led until his death.
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