Gonzalo Barrios | |
Office1: | President of the Senate of Venezuela |
Term Start1: | 1974 |
Term End1: | 1979 |
Predecessor1: | José Antonio Pérez Díaz |
Successor1: | Godofredo González |
Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start2: | November 1947[1] |
Term End2: | February 1948 |
President2: | Rómulo Betancourt |
Successor2: | Andrés Eloy Blanco |
Office4: | Minister of Internal Affairs |
Term Start4: | 1964 |
Term End4: | 1966 |
Predecessor4: | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
President4: | Raúl Leoni |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1902 |
Birth Place: | Acarigua, Venezuela |
Death Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Party: | Acción Democrática |
Profession: | politician |
Signature: | Firma Gonzalo Barrios.jpg |
Gonzalo Barrios Bustillos (10 January 1902 – 30 May 1993), was a Venezuelan politician. He was a founding member of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Trienio Adeco (1945–48). Later he signed the Puntofijo Pact on behalf of AD and served as Minister of Interior and Justice under Raúl Leoni (1964–1966).
He was AD's presidential candidate in the 1968 Venezuelan presidential election, and later President of the Venezuelan Senate from 1974 to 1979.[2] [3] He was elected Secretary General of AD in 1966.[4]