Juan Andrés Mejía in 2017

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Juan Andrés Mejía @JuanAndresMejia". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Venezuela detains deputy of opposition leader Juan Guaido". France 24. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.