Hernán Alemán (politician)

Hernán Claret Alemán Pérez (21 May 1955 – 7 July 2020) was a Venezuelan politician who served on the National Assembly representing the state of Zulia. Alemán was a member of the Acción Democrática (AD) political party.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alemán and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Hernán Alemán
Mayor of Cabimas
In office
1989–1996
Mayor of Cabimas
In office
2000–2008
Deputy to the Asamblea Nacional for the 10th circuit, state of Zulia[1]
In office
2011–2020
Personal details
Born
Hernán Claret Alemán Pérez

(1955-05-21)May 21, 1955[1]
DiedJuly 7, 2020(2020-07-07) (aged 65)[2]
Cause of deathCOVID-19 complications
Political partyAcción Democrática (AD)[1]
ResidenceColombia[3]

Background

Hernán Alemán was born on 21 May 1955.[1]

Political career

Hernán Alemán served as the mayor of the municipio of Cabimas from 1989 to 1996, and again from 2000 to 2008.

Alemán was initially elected as a deputy to represent the 10th circuit of the state of Zulia for the 2011 to 2015 period. Alemán was reelected for the period spanning 2016 to 2021 by the opposition coalition of the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática.[1] Alemán was a politician in exile who lived in Colombia.[3]

Operation Gideon

In May 2020, Alemán gave several interviews in which he stated that he was involved in the planning of what became Operation Gideon on 3 to 4 May 2020.[3] Alemán went as far as saying that he visited the training camps in the Colombian Guajira.[3][4] Alemán further indicated he had a great relationship with Jordan Goudreau,[3] the founder of the private military company Silvercorp,[5] which employed Luke Denman and Airan Berry as security contractors, both of whom were detained on 4 May in the course of the failed attempt to raid Caracas by sea.[6] Alemán described Jordan Goudreau as "an extraordinary man, a friend, with extraordinary skills".[3]

Death

He died in Colombia on 7 July 2020 at 65 years old due to COVID-19 complications.[2]

References
  1. "Dip. Hernán Alemán". Transparencia Venezuela. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Murió el diputado Hernán Alemán por covid-19" [Deputy Hernán Alemán died of COVID-19]. Panorama (in Spanish). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. "Diputado Hernán Alemán: Operación Gedeón no era para efectuar un magnicidio sino para que Maduro fuera a la cárcel" [Deputy Hernán Alemán: Operation Gideon was not to assassinate Maduro, it was so he would go to jail]. Contrapunto.com (in Spanish). 8 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020 – via TVV Noticias.
  4. Alemán, Hernán (16 May 2020). "Dip. Hernán Alemán, a ND: Averiguaré quién sacó a Cliver Alcalá así me cueste la vida" [Deputy Hernán Alemán to Noticiero Digital: I will find out who took out Cliver Alcalá if it's the last thing I do] (Interview) (in Spanish). Interviewed by Anaisa Rodríguez.
  5. Freeze, Colin; Dickson, Janice (5 May 2020). "A Canadian-American military man, a failed Venezuela coup and a Twitter video". The Globe and Mail. Toronto and Ottawa. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. Wood, David (10 May 2020). "Two Texans Are Accused of Trying to Invade Venezuela. Their Family Members Want Answers". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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