Andrés Caldera

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| name = Andrés Caldera

| image = 1959. En La Esmeralda, la casa de los Caldera en Carrizal (1) copy.jpg

| caption = Andrés Caldera (left) in 1959

| order = Secretary of the Presidency of Venezuela

| term_start = 1994

| term_end = 1996

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| birth_date = 1954

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

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| party = Convergence

| president = Rafael Caldera

| parents = Rafael Caldera

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Andrés Caldera Pietri (born November 27, 1954, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as {{interlanguage link|Ministerio del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia y Seguimiento de la Gestión de Gobierno|lt=Secretary to the Presidency|es}} during the second administration of his father, former President Rafael Caldera.

Biography

He served as the general secretary of his father's campaign during the 1993 general elections, which resulted in Rafael Caldera's victory. Following the election, Caldera Pietri filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office, alleging electoral fraud against parliamentary candidates of the Convergence party.{{cite web |date=1993-12-12 |title=VENEZUELA SE SACUDE DEL FRAUDE |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-273039 |website=El Tiempo |language=es}} Subsequently, in 1994,{{cite web |date=1994-02-06 |title=NUEVO GABINETE VENEZOLANO |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-34508 |website=El Tiempo |language=es}} he was appointed Secretary to the Presidency, a position he held until 1996.

Caldera Pietri is a member of the Tomás Liscano Foundation{{cite web |date=2020 |title=ANDRÉS CALDERA: "No estamos en un estado de derecho" |url=https://larazon.net/2020/02/andres-caldera-no-estamos-en-un-estado-de-derecho/ |website=La Razón |language=es}} and the Superior Council of Christian Democracy. In 2021, through this organization, he criticized Cuba for its support of Guyana in the territorial dispute over the Guayana Esequiba region.{{cite web|date=2021-03-16 |first=Sebastiana |language=es-ES |last=Barráez |title=Demócratas Cristianos criticaron la actuación histórica de Cuba al favorecer a Guyana en el reclamo de Venezuela por el Esequibo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2021/03/16/democratas-cristianos-criticaron-la-actuacion-historica-de-cuba-al-favorecer-a-guayana-en-el-reclamo-de-venezuela-por-el-esequibo/ |website=Infobae}}

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