Gonzalo Barrios (politician)

{{Short description|Venezuelan politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Gonzalo Barrios

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| image = File:Gonzalo Barrios 1968.jpg

| order =

| office1 = President of the Senate of Venezuela

| term_start1 = 1974

| term_end1 = 1979

| predecessor1 = José Antonio Pérez Díaz

| successor1 = Godofredo González

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| term_start2 = November 1947The New York Times, 2 November 1947, [https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/02/archives/venezuelan-minister-named.html Venezuelan Minister Named]

| term_end2 = February 1948

| president2 = Rómulo Betancourt

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Andrés Eloy Blanco

| office4 = Minister of Internal Affairs

| term_start4 = 1964

| term_end4 = 1966

| predecessor4 = Carlos Andrés Pérez

| successor4 =

| president4 = Raúl Leoni

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|1|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Acarigua, Venezuela

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|5|30|1902|1|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Caracas, Venezuela

| spouse =

| party = Acción Democrática

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| profession = politician

| signature =Firma Gonzalo Barrios.jpg

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Gonzalo Barrios Bustillos (10 January 1902 – 30 May 1993), was a Venezuelan politician. He was a founding member of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Trienio Adeco (1945–48). Later he signed the Puntofijo Pact on behalf of AD and served as Minister of Interior and Justice under Raúl Leoni (1964–1966).

He was AD's presidential candidate in the 1968 Venezuelan presidential election, and later President of the Venezuelan Senate from 1974 to 1979.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdYpAQAAMAAJ |title = 5 siglos de historia de Venezuela: Desde 1492 hasta 1996 : Guía para estudiantes|last1 = Sereno|first1 = Herminia Cristina Méndez|date = January 1997}}Bangor Daily News – 13 Mar 1974, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O20zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8TgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1746,3465481&dq=gonzalo-barrios&hl=en Nationalized oil speed-up is pledged]" He was elected Secretary General of AD in 1966.Powell, John Duncan (1971), [https://books.google.com/books?id=NfGLno86LscC Political mobilization of the Venezuelan peasant], Harvard University Press. p. 206