Luis Piñerúa Ordaz | |
Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela | |
Term Start: | 1992 |
Term End: | 1992 |
President: | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
Predecessor: | Carmelo Lauría Lesseur |
Title3: | Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela |
Term Start3: | 1974 |
Term End3: | 1975 |
President3: | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
Successor3: | Octavio Lepage |
Title4: | Governor of Monagas |
Term Start4: | 1960 |
Term End4: | 1961 |
President4: | Rómulo Betancourt |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1924 |
Birth Place: | Güiria, Venezuela |
Death Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Profession: | politician |
Signature: | Firma Luis Piñerua.jpg |
Luis María Piñerúa Ordaz (20 April 1924 - 8 February 2001[1]) was the Democratic Action presidential candidate in the 1978 Venezuelan general election, losing to COPEI's Luis Herrera Campins. He held the post of Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela in both the first presidency and second presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez.