Francisco Rangel Gómez
| Francisco Gómez | |
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| Governor of Bolívar | |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Antonio Rojas Suárez |
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| Political party | PSUV |
Francisco Gómez is the governor of Bolívar state in Venezuela, and has been since 2004. In the Venezuelan regional elections, 2008 he won 67% of the vote, against Andrés Velásquez' 30%. He was previously president of the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).
According to Venezuelanalysis.com, "While on the negotiation commission to resolve the 15-month-long dispute at Sidor, Rangel ordered the National Guard to fire on protesting Sidor workers." In April 2008 Hugo Chavez ordered SIDOR to be nationalised.
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