Vladimir Villegas
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Vladimir Villegas Poljak (born 11 December 1961{{in lang|es}} Daniel Suárez/DLATáchira, Diario de los Andes, 23 June 2012, [http://diariodelosandes.com/content/view/192268/105764/ "Siempre habrá conflictos entre el periodismo y los poderes"]) is a Venezuelan journalist and politician. He was President of Venezolana de Televisión from late 2003 to December 2004. He has written regularly for El Nacional and El Mundo, with a weekly column in El Nacional. He is a founder of the Avanzada Progresista party,{{in lang|es}} Vladimir Villegas, noticias24.com, 3 July 2012,[http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/115018/villegas-avanzada-progresista-se-convertira-en-una-referencia-para-quienes-creen-en-la-constitucion/ Avanzada Progresista "se convertirá en una referencia para quienes creen en la Constitución"] having previously been a supporter of Patria Para Todos.
Early life
Villegas is the son of Cruz Villegas, head union communist,{{cite news|title=Cruz Villegas: "Un hombre de firmes principios y gran sensibilidad social"|url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/22881/cruz-villegas-un-hombre-de-firmes-principios-y-gran-sensibilidad-social/|accessdate=October 24, 2014|agency=Noticias24|date=January 16, 2009}} confined to the Amazon jungle during the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and former president of the United Workers of Venezuela (CUTV) and vice president of the World Federation of Trade Unions. His mother, Maja Poljak was Jewish Communist social activist and photographer born in Zagreb, Croatia, formerly Yugoslavia.
He is the brother of the journalist and politician Ernesto Villegas, Minister of Communication and Information since October 2012.{{in lang|es}} Vladimir Villegas, El Tiempo, 14 April 2013, [http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-12742066.html Nicolás Maduro, de chofer a heredero del chavismo]; see also :es:Ernesto Villegas
Education
While attending the Central University of Venezuela, Villegas was a leader of the Communist Party of Venezuela, and he began his journalistic career at the Party's Tribuna Popular. Later he became close to La Causa Radical and took a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
Political career
In the 1993 Venezuelan general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for La Causa Radical, representing the Venezuelan Federal District,{{in lang|es}} notitarde.com, 23 August 2010, [http://www.notitarde.com/Columnistas-del-Dia/La-Causa-R/2010/08/23/8535 La Causa R] and was re-elected in the 1998 elections.
He was a member of the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela which drew up the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela. He was the Venezuelan Ambassador to Brazil in 2002, and Ambassador to Mexico from May to November 2005, until the Mexico and Venezuela diplomatic crisis saw him recalled to Caracas. From November 2003 to December 2004 he was the president of the state-run Venezolana de Televisión.{{cite news |title=Perfil {{!}} Conozca a Vladimir Villegas, el nuevo director de Globovisión {{!}} Últimas Noticias |url=http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/perfil---conozca-a-vladimir-villegas--el-nuevo-dir.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830230952/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/perfil---conozca-a-vladimir-villegas--el-nuevo-dir.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2013 |accessdate=14 May 2020 |work=Ultimas Noticias |date=30 August 2013}} In 2006 he was named deputy Foreign Minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania;{{in lang|es}} Últimas Noticias, 2 May 2013, [http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/perfil---conozca-a-vladimir-villegas--el-nuevo-dir.aspx Perfil | Conozca a Vladimir Villegas, el nuevo director de Globovisión] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830230952/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/perfil---conozca-a-vladimir-villegas--el-nuevo-dir.aspx |date=2013-08-30 }}{{in lang|es}} El Nacional Web, 2 May 2013, [http://www.el-nacional.com/sociedad/Vladimir-Villegas-presidente-VTV-Globovision_0_182981819.html Además de periodista, diputado y miembro de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, ocupó cargos de cancillería] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503040116/http://el-nacional.com/sociedad/Vladimir-Villegas-presidente-VTV-Globovision_0_182981819.html |date=2013-05-03 }} he resigned in 2007 over disagreements regarding the 2007 constitutional referendum.
On 2 May 2013, Villegas was offered the position of being the director of Globovisión beside Leopoldo Castillo.{{cite news |title=Vladimir Villegas y Leopoldo Castillo nuevos directores de Globovisión {{!}} Últimas Noticias |url=http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/vladimir-villegas-y-leopoldo-castillo-nuevos-direc.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921065142/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/vladimir-villegas-y-leopoldo-castillo-nuevos-direc.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2013 |accessdate=14 May 2020 |work=Ultimas Noticias |date=21 September 2013}} Villegas ultimately declined the position citing "differences" with the newly created board of directors.{{cite news |title=Vladimir Villegas no asumirá riendas de Globovisión {{!}} Últimas Noticias |url=http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/vladimir-villegas-no-asumira-riendas-de-globovisio.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921063637/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/politica/vladimir-villegas-no-asumira-riendas-de-globovisio.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2013 |accessdate=14 May 2020 |work=Ultimas Noticias |date=21 September 2013}}
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.el-nacional.com/autores/vladimir_villegas/ Columns] at El Nacional
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