Omar Barboza | |
|---|---|
| Coordinator of the Unitary Platform | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | José Luis Cartaya (MUD) |
| 9th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela | |
| In office 5 January 2018 – 5 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Borges |
| Succeeded by | Juan Guaidó |
| Deputy of the National Assembly for Zulia State | |
| In office 5 January 2011 – 5 January 2021 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Zulia State | |
| In office 23 January 1994 – 22 December 1999 | |
| Governor of Zulia | |
| In office 8 June 1985 – 2 February 1989 | |
| President | Jaime Lusinchi |
| Preceded by | Ángel Zambrano |
| Succeeded by | Ismael Ordaz González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez 27 July 1944 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela |
| Political party | Democratic Action (Until 1999) Un Nuevo Tiempo (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Unity Roundtable |
| Occupation | Advocate, Politician |
Omar Enrique Barboza Gutiérrez (born 27 July 1944)[1] is the president[2] of the Venezuelan political party Un Nuevo Tiempo ("A New Era"), in opposition to Nicolás Maduro.
In February 2009 a constitutional amendment to remove term limits on public offices in Venezuela was approved by 54% of voters in the 2009 Venezuelan constitutional referendum. Barboza said "We're democrats. We accept the results," to The Associated Press,[3] but claimed that the results were skewed by Hugo Chávez's broad use of state resources to win the vote, through state-run news media, political pressure on 2 million public employees and frequent presidential speeches (cadenas) which all television stations in Venezuela are required to air, and added that "Effectively this will become a dictatorship."