Jaime Lusinchi
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| President of Venezuela | |
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In office 2 February 1984 – 2 February 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Herrera Campins |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
| Senator for life | |
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In office 2 February 1989 – 13 August 1993 |
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In office 1998–1999 |
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Jaime Ramón Lusinchi 27 May 1924 Clarines, Anzoátegui, Venezuela |
| Died | 21 May 2014 (aged 89) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Political party | Acción Democrática |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys Castillo (div.) Blanca Ibañez |
| Alma mater | Central University of Venezuela |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Website | Official website |
Jaime Ramón Lusinchi (27 May 1924 – 21 May 2014) was a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political system established in 1958.
Accused of corruption after leaving office, Lusinchi was popular during his presidency, and was succeeded by a member of his own political party, Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Jaime Lusinchi was born in Clarines, Anzoátegui, on 27 May 1924. His mother María Angelica Lusinchi, who was of Italian-Corsican descent, gave him her family name. Growing up without the presence of a father (who probably was an Italian immigrant), Lusinchi attended elementary school in his native Clarines and Puerto Píritu, and high school at the Federal School of Barcelona, Anzoátegui. In 1941 he began to study Medicine at the University of the Andes in Mérida, but soon moved to Caracas continuing his career at the Central University of Venezuela graduating in 1947. He married Gladys Castillo in 1941.
In 1937, at the age of 13, Lusinchi vinculated to the National Democratic Party, organization created by Rómulo Betancourt against the government of Eleazar López Contreras. In 1941, Lusinchi was present at the foundation of the social democratic party Acción Democrática.
During his time at college, Lusinchi stood out as a political activist, was secretary of the School Medicine Council, vice president of the Venezuelan Association of Youth and vice president of the Student Federation of Venezuela - an organization with Marxist influences that became part of the "19 October 1945" revolutionary movement which overthrew the government of Isaías Medina Angarita. In 1948, he was elected president of the Municipal Council of Freites District and president of the Legislative Assembly of Anzoátegui, as well as regional secretary of Acción Democrática.
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