Eduardo Lapi Explained

Eduardo Lapi García
Office2:Governor of Yaracuy
Term Start2:1995
Term End2:2004
Predecessor2:Nelsón Suárez Montiel
Successor2:Carlos Eduardo Gimenez Colmenares
Birth Date:17 May 1963
Birth Place:Yaritagua, Venezuela[1]
Party:National Convergence

Eduardo Lapi (born May 17, 1963) is a Venezuelan politician.

Career

He was governor of Yaracuy for the National Convergence from 1995 to 2004. He lost to Carlos Eduardo Gimenez Colmenares (For Social Democracy) in the 2004 Venezuelan regional elections.

In 2008 Lapi was granted asylum in Peru, after escaping prison in Venezuela. He had been charged with corruption, and said that he feared he would not receive a fair trial.[2] Lapi's attempt to run again for Governor of Yaracuy in the 2008 Venezuelan regional elections was aborted by a Supreme Court declaration that he needed to be resident in the country to do so.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Globovision]
  2. [Winnipeg Free Press]
  3. [Globovision]