Juan Andrés Mejía

Juan Andrés Mejía Szilard (b. 30 May 1986[1]) is a Venezuelan deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Miranda.[1] He is also the political coordinator for his party, Popular Will (Spanish: Voluntad Popular).[1][2]

For the Mexican drug lord, see Juan Mejía González.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Szilard.
Juan Andrés Mejía in 2017

Mejía heads the National Assembly commission to develop and advance a plan for Venezuela's reconstruction, Plan País.[3]

As a student, he was president of the Simón Bolívar University student union.[4] As a candidate for the National Assembly, with Freddy Guevara, he emphasized the role of student protests against Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro.[5]

In May 2019, Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered the prosecution of several National Assembly members for their actions during the failed uprising, including Juan Andrés Mejía.[6]

References
  1. "Juan Andrés Mejía @JuanAndresMejia". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. "Candidatos Unitarios de VP en Miranda para la AN formalizan su inscripción en el CNE" (in Spanish). Voluntad Popular. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. "Instalada Comision Plan País de la Asamblea Nacional". Caraboboes Noticia (in Spanish). 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. "No a la división entre venezolanos". El País (in Spanish). 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. "Freddy Guevara y Juan Andrés Mejía ratificaron su compromiso con la lucha del Movimiento Estudiantil". LaPatilla (in Spanish). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. "Venezuela detains deputy of opposition leader Juan Guaido". France 24. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

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