David De Lima
{{short description|Venezuelan politician}}
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|name= David de Lima
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|office= Governor of Anzoátegui
|term_start=2000
|term_end=2004
|lieutenant=
|predecessor=Alexis Rosas
|successor=Tarek Saab (MVR)
|birth_place= Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
|profession= Politician
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David Eugenio de Lima Salas (born 1959) is a Venezuelan politician.
Career
He was elected Governor of the state of Anzoátegui in the 2000 regional elections for the MVR. He later broke with the MVR and lost to his MVR successor, Tarek Saab, in the 2004 elections.
De Lima was a member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) for 32 years, but in 2012 described MAS as "a failed project". He was elected to the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.{{in lang|es}} El Tiempo, 2 September 2012, [http://eltiempo.com.ve/venezuela/entrevista/david-de-lima-un-triunfo-de-capriles-seria-un-milagro-malo-no-creo-que-ocurra/63885 David De Lima: un triunfo de Capriles sería un milagro malo, no creo que ocurra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908002606/http://eltiempo.com.ve/venezuela/entrevista/david-de-lima-un-triunfo-de-capriles-seria-un-milagro-malo-no-creo-que-ocurra/63885 |date=2012-09-08 }}
De Lima accused his successor as governor, Tarek Saab, of using his position for political persecution,El Universal, 10 October 2005, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200110191025/http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2005/10/10/en_pol_art_10A618655.shtmlEX GOVERNOR DE LIMA: CHASE AFTER ME IS UNPRECEDENTED IN LATIN AMERICA]El Universal, 11 October 2005, [http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2005/10/11/en_pol_art_11A618937.shtml Former governor De Lima released] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708200929/http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2005/10/11/en_pol_art_11A618937.shtml |date=2012-07-08 }} after Saab's wife accused De Lima of mismanagement.[http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/default.asp?id=69327 El Tiempo - El Periódico del Pueblo Oriental]{{Cite web |url=http://vargas.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/2005/febrero/1035-17-BP01-R-2005-001-.html |title=TSJ Regiones - Decisión |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224074248/http://vargas.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/2005/febrero/1035-17-BP01-R-2005-001-.html |archive-date=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead }}
De Lima is a lawyer by training, having graduated from the Central University of Venezuela in 1987.
See also
References
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Category:Governors of Anzoátegui
Category:People from Puerto la Cruz
Category:Central University of Venezuela alumni
Category:Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) politicians
Category:Fifth Republic Movement politicians
Category:Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999
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