Teodoro Petkoff
| Teodoro Petkoff | |
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| Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (Cordiplan) | |
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In office 1996–1999 |
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3 January 1932 Bobures, Zulia State |
| Political party | MAS |
| Residence | Caracas |
| Alma mater | Central University of Venezuela |
| Profession | Politician, Journalist |
Teodoro Petkoff Malec (Spanish pronunciation: [teoˈðoɾo petˈkof maˈlek]; born in Bobures, Zulia State, January 3, 1932) is a Venezuelan politician, ex-guerrilla, journalist and economist. One of the most prominent politicians on the left in Venezuela, Petkoff began as a communist but gravitated towards liberalism in the 1990s. As Minister of Planning he oversaw President Rafael Caldera's adoption of neoliberal economic policies in the mid-1990s. He has been a prominent critic of President Hugo Chávez, and was a candidate to run against him in the December 2006 presidential elections, but dropped out of the race in August to support Manuel Rosales. He launched the newspaper Tal Cual in 2000, and remains its editor.
His father was a Bulgarian emigrant and his mother was a Pole of Jewish origin. He received a Bachelor degree in Economics from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) where he also served as a professor for 14 years. In the 50's he was member of the student resistance against the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez and was imprisoned on several occasions. In the 60's, along with his brother Luben Petkoff he was a guerrilla fighter under the command of Douglas Bravo against the government of Rómulo Betancourt. Later, he joined in the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV).
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