Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuelan politician. Since 2000, Capriles has been the mayor of the Baruta Municipality of Caracas.

Biography

Henrique Capriles was born in Caracas on July 11, 1972. He studied law at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, where he also became a specialist in Commerce Law in 1994. He also took courses in Tax Law at the Central University of Venezuela.

Capriles has also taken courses at the IBFD International Tax Academy in Amsterdam, the Centro Interamericano de Administradores Tributarios in Viterbo, Italy, and Columbia University in New York. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association, as well as the World Association of Young Jurors and the Committee of Taxes of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Venamcham). Capriles has worked in the public and private sector, including Nevett & Mezquita Abogados, Seniat, Hoet, Pelaez, Castillo & Duue (a law firm).

Political life

Henrique Capriles was elected to the National Congress of Venezuela on December 6, 1998, representing COPEI and becoming the youngest member of the venezuelan parliament ever elected. He served as its Vice president until it was dissolved by the Constitutional Assembly in August 1999.

On July 30, 2000, Capriles was elected mayor of the Baruta Municipality, now representing Primero Justicia. He was re-elected on October 31, 2004, receiving 79% of the vote, beating the Chavista candidate, telenovela actor Simón Pestana.

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External links

• Municipio Baruta
• http://www.caprilesradonski.com/
• http://www.caprilesradonski.org.ve/listado.asp?id=7
• http://www.talcualdigital.com/Especiales/Protagonistas_capriles.asp