Ramón Guillermo Aveledo

Ramón Guillermo Aveledo
Aveledo in 2009
Executive Secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable
In office March 2009 – 30 July 2014
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jesús Torrealba
President of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
In office 2002–2007
Preceded by	Carlos Cordido Valery
Succeeded by	José Grasso Vecchio
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 23 January 1996 – 23 January 1998
Preceded by	Carmelo Lauría
Succeeded by	Ixora Rojas
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Lara State
In office 23 January 1989 – 22 December 1999
President of Venezolana de Televisión
In office 1983–1984
President	Luis Herrera Campins
Preceded by	Rubén Osorio Canales
Succeeded by	Pedro Francisco Lizandro
Personal details
Born	Ramón Guillermo Aveledo (1950-08-22) 22 August 1950 (age 74) Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Political party	Copei
Other political affiliations	Democratic Unity Roundtable
Education	Central University of Venezuela
Profession	Politician, academic, businessman

Ramón Guillermo Aveledo (born 22 August 1950) is a Venezuelan politician, academic, businessman, and columnist, and former Executive Secretary of the opposition electoral coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable.^[1][2] A former congressman, he was President of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League from 2001 to 2007, and served under Luis Herrera Campins^[3] as Secretary of the Presidency (1979–1984). Author of over 30 books, he is Professor at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas.^[4] He was elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies three times, and served as its President twice.^[4] He is a columnist for Globovisión.^[5] He is a member of the board of the Rómulo Betancourt Foundation,^[6] and President of the Instituto de Estudios Parliamentarios Fermín Toro.^[7]

Selected bibliography

• El Llanero Solidario: Verdades ignoradas sobre Luis Herrera Campins y su tiempo (Editorial Libros Marcados, Caracas, 2012) – biography of Luis Herrera Campins
• El Dictador: Anatomía de la Tiranía (Editorial Libros Marcados, Caracas, 2008)
• El poder político en Venezuela (2007)

References

1. "Aveledo renuncia a la secretaría ejecutiva de la Mesa de la Unidad". El Universal. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
2. Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, 9 March 2012, Venezuela's Opposition Is Winning
3. Associated Press, 27 October 2011, Ex-Baseball Executive Key To Anti-Chavez Strategy
4. (in Spanish) Cruz Ramón Galíndez, Diario de Los Andes, 28 October 2010, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo
5. (in Spanish) Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, Globovisión, 27 April 2012, Esta semana, Capriles Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
6. (in Spanish) Rómulo Betancourt Foundation, Miembros del directorio 2011–2012^[usurped], accessed 20 May 2012
7. (in Spanish) Instituto de Estudios Parlamentarios Fermín Toro Directiva Archived 2013-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 20 May 2012