Hernán Alemán

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

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. He was a member of the Acción Democrática (AD) political party.

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[citation needed] (1955-05-21)May 21, 1955[1]
Died	July 7, 2020(2020-07-07) (aged 65)[2]
Cause of death	COVID-19 complications
Political party	Acción Democrática (AD)[1]
Residence	Colombia[3]

Early life

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

Political career

Hernán Alemán served as the mayor of the Cabimas municipality from 1989 to 1996, and again from 2000 to 2008.^{[citation needed]} He was elected as a deputy to represent the 10th circuit of the state of Zulia for the 2011 to 2015 period,^{[citation needed]} and reelected for the period spanning 2016 to 2021 by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable^[1] he 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] He stated that he visited the training camps in the Colombian Guajira,^[3][4] and indicated he had a great relationship with Jordan Goudreau,^[3] the founder of the private military company Silvercorp, involved in the 4 May event.^[5][6] Alemán described Goudreau as "an extraordinary man, a friend, with extraordinary skills".^[3]

Death

Alemán died in Colombia on 7 July 2020, at 65 years old from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.^[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 [es] (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.