Carlos Escarrá
Carlos Escarrá | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Venezuela | |
| In office 30 August 2011 – 25 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Margarita Méndola |
| Succeeded by | Cilia Flores |
| Deputy of the National Assembly | |
| In office 5 January 2011 – 25 January 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1954 |
| Died | 25 January 2012 (aged 57) |
| Party | Communist Party of Venezuela Fifth Republic Movement United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
| Relatives | Hermann Escarrá (brother) |
| Occupation | professor, lawyer |
Carlos Escarrá Malavé (26 November 1954 – 25 January 2012) was a Venezuelan politician.
Career
He served as attorney general of Venezuela and a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela for Aragua State,[1] and was a member of the board of directors of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). He was a constitutional lawyer and a former judge for the Supreme Court of Venezuela. In August 2011, he was chosen as attorney general by lawmakers allied with President Hugo Chávez.
Escarrá died of a heart attack on January 25, 2012, and was replaced by Cilia Flores.[2]
References
- ↑ El Universal, 14 August 2009, Pro-Chávez legislators pass new education law
- ↑ Crooks, Nathan (31 January 2012). "Chavez to Name Cilia Flores as Venezuela's Prosecutor General". Bloomberg.
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- Communist Party of Venezuela politicians
- Central University of Venezuela alumni
- Attorneys general of Venezuela
- Members of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly of 1999
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