David Smolansky

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David Smolansky
Mayor of El Hatillo Municipality
In office 8 December 2013 – 9 August 2017
Preceded by	Myriam Do Nascimento
Succeeded by	Reinaldo Díaz
Personal details
Born	David Smolansky Urosa (1985-05-27) 27 May 1985 (age 39) Caracas, Venezuela
Political party	Voluntad Popular (Popular Will)
Alma mater	Andrés Bello Catholic University Johns Hopkins University

David Smolansky Urosa (born May 27 1985) is a Venezuelan political leader and deputy director of the ConVzla Presidential Campaign representing the opposition democratic leader, Maria Corina Machado, and President-Elect, Edmundo Gonzalez in Washington D.C. He served as Mayor of El Hatillo Municipality in Caracas, and was the former Special Envoy of the Organization of American States for the Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis.

Smolansky is an SNF Agora Institute fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where he serves as a visiting professor, researcher, and speaker on democracy, migration, and global authoritarianisms. Smolansky is also a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.