Hernán Alemán
{{Short description|Venezuelan politician (1955–2020)}}
{{family name hatnote|Alemán|Pérez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hernán Alemán
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| office1 = Mayor of Cabimas
| term_start1 = 1989
| term_end1 = 1996
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| office2 = Mayor of Cabimas
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2008
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| office3 = Deputy to the Asamblea Nacional for the 10th circuit, state of Zulia
| term_start3 = 2011
| term_end3 = 2020
| party = Acción Democrática (AD)
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| birth_name = Hernán Claret Alemán Pérez{{cn|date=May 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|5|21}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|7|7|1955|5|21}}
| death_cause = COVID-19 complications
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Hernán Claret Alemán Pérez (21 May 1955 – 7 July 2020) was a Venezuelan politician who served on the National Assembly representing the state of Zulia. He was a member of the Acción Democrática (AD) political party.
Early life
Political career
Hernán Alemán served as the mayor of the Cabimas municipality from 1989 to 1996, and again from 2000 to 2008.{{cn|date=May 2020}} He was elected as a deputy to represent the 10th circuit of the state of Zulia for the 2011 to 2015 period,{{cn|date=May 2020}} and reelected for the period spanning 2016 to 2021 by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable he was a politician in exile who lived in Colombia.
Operation Gideon
In May 2020, Alemán gave several interviews in which he stated that he was involved in the planning of what became Operation Gideon on 3 to 4 May 2020.
{{Cite web|url=https://contrapunto.com/nacional/politica/hernan-aleman-operacion-gedeon-no-era-efectuar-un-magnicidio/|title=Diputado Hernán Alemán: Operación Gedeón no era para efectuar un magnicidio sino para que Maduro fuera a la cárcel|date=2020-05-08|access-date=2020-05-18|website={{ill|Contrapunto.com|es|Contrapunto (portal de Internet)}}|language=es|trans-title=Deputy Hernán Alemán: Operation Gideon was not to assassinate Maduro, it was so he would go to jail|via=TVV Noticias}}
He stated that he visited the training camps in the Colombian Guajira,
{{Cite interview|last=Alemán|first=Hernán|interviewer=Anaisa Rodríguez|title=Dip. Hernán Alemán, a ND: Averiguaré quién sacó a Cliver Alcalá así me cueste la vida|url=https://www.noticierodigital.com/2020/05/dip-hernan-aleman-a-nd-averiguare-quien-saco-a-cliver-alcala-asi-me-cueste-la-vida/|language=es|trans-title=Deputy Hernán Alemán to Noticiero Digital: I will find out who took out Cliver Alcalá if it's the last thing I do|date=2020-05-16}}
and indicated he had a great relationship with Jordan Goudreau, the founder of the private military company Silvercorp, involved in the 4 May event.
{{cite news |last1=Freeze |first1=Colin |last2=Dickson |first2=Janice |date=5 May 2020 |title=A Canadian-American military man, a failed Venezuela coup and a Twitter video |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-canadian-american-military-man-a-failed-venezuela-coup-and-a/ |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto and Ottawa |access-date=6 May 2020 }}
{{Cite web|title=Two Texans Are Accused of Trying to Invade Venezuela. Their Family Members Want Answers.|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/two-texans-accused-of-invading-venezuela/|last=Wood|first=David|date=2020-05-10|website=Texas Monthly|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-11}}
Alemán described Goudreau as "an extraordinary man, a friend, with extraordinary skills".
Death
Alemán died in Colombia on 7 July 2020, at 65 years old from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.panorama.com.ve/politicayeconomia/Murio-el-diputado-Hernan-Aleman-por-covid-19-20200707-0061.html|title=Murió el diputado Hernán Alemán por covid-19|trans-title=Deputy Hernán Alemán died of COVID-19|work=Panorama|date=7 July 2020|accessdate=8 July 2020|language=es}}
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Category:Mayors of places in Venezuela