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Tarek Saab

Tarek William Saab
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Prosecutor General of Venezuela
Assumed office
5 August 2017
Preceded by Luisa Ortega Díaz
President of the Republican Moral Council of Venezuela
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Gabriela Ramírez
Ombudsman
In office
22 December 2014 – 5 August 2017
Preceded by Gabriela Ramírez
Succeeded by Alfredo Ruiz
Governor of Anzoátegui
In office
2004–2012
Preceded by David De Lima (MVR)
Succeeded by Aristóbulo Istúriz (PSUV)
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 July 2000 – 31 October 2004
Member of the National Constituent Assembly
In office
1999–2000
Personal details
Born (1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 55)
El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Political party Fifth Republic Movement (before 2007)
United Socialist Party (2007–2014)
Independent (2014–present)
Profession Politician, lawyer, author

Tarek William Saab (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈɾek wiˈʎjam ˈsa:β]; born 10 September 1962) is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer and poet. He is a leader of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party founded by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, who publicly called him "The Revolution's Poet". He was the Governor of Anzoátegui from 2004 to 2012, and a member of the Committee for Justice and Truth since 2013. In December 2014, he was elected "People's Defender", or Ombudsman, by the National Assembly for 2014-2021 term. Saab was appointed as President of the Republican Moral Council of Venezuela by the People's Power in 2015. On 5 August 2017, he was appointed as Prosecutor General of Venezuela by the National Constitutional Assembly in substitution of Luisa Ortega Diaz.

The son of Lebanese immigrants, Saab was born in El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela. He studied criminal law at the Universidad Santa María and human rights law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.

Saab was a member of the Constitutional Assembly that drafted in 1999 the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In 2000, he was elected a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly.


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