Henry Ramos Allup

Henry Ramos Allup
Henry Ramos Allup
	Ramos Allup in 2021 during the activities for the 80th anniversary of Democratic Action
7th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
	In office; 5 January 2016 – 5 January 2017
Preceded by	Diosdado Cabello
Succeeded by	Julio Borges
Vice President of Socialist International
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 September 2012
President	George Papandreou
Secretary-General of Democratic Action
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2000
President	Isabel Carmona de Serra
Preceded by	Lewis Pérez
Deputy of the National Assembly; for the Capital District
	In office; 5 January 2011 – 5 January 2021
	In office; 14 August 2000 – 5 January 2006
Deputy of Latin American Parliament; for Venezuela
	In office; 7 January 2011 – 5 January 2016
Personal details
Born	Henry Lisandro Ramos Allup; 17 October 1943 (age 80); Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Political party	Democratic Action
Other political; affiliations	Democratic Unity Roundtable
Spouse	Diana D'Agostino
Children	3
Profession	Lawyer

Henry Lisandro Ramos Allup (born 17 October 1943) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer and former President of the National Assembly who was born in Valencia, Carabobo. He has been leader of the social democratic Democratic Action party, holding the position of Secretary-General.

In 2016, following the decisive victory of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (an electoral coalition of which Democratic Action is part) in the 2015 parliamentary election, Ramos Allup was chosen by members of the coalition to be President of the National Assembly, succeeding Diosdado Cabello.^[2]

Early life

Henry Ramos was born on 17 October 1943 in Valencia, Carabobo, son of Amanda Allup de Ramos and Emilio Ramos Rachid. His father was a doctor and his mother was a housewife. He has one sister, Amanda Ramos Del Nido.

Political career

Ramos Allup is a lawyer and was a member of the Legislative Council of the Carabobo State and four times deputy for Carabobo state to Congress.

He was deputy for Democratic Action party in 1984, 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2000. In the 2000 elections he was elected deputy for the Caracas district, then in sync with the decision of the alliance of opposition parties does not present his candidacy for re-election in the legislative elections of 2005, this with the intention of making known the distrust at the time was on the electoral arbiter, National Electoral Council.

In 2008 he makes his party comes to the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica, along with other parties like COPEI, Primero Justicia, Venezuela Project, Alianza Bravo Pueblo, Un Nuevo Tiempo and others.

In the parliamentary elections of 2010 Ramos Allup Venezuela elected deputy for the Democratic Unity Roundtable for the Latin American Parliament, being sworn in that office on 7 January 2011.

In August 2012 he was elected vice president of the Socialist International.^[3]

In May 2019, Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered the prosecution of seven National Assembly members for their actions during the failed uprising, including Ramos.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

His first marriage was in Valencia and had a second marriage with Diana D'Agostino,^[1] with whom he had three children.^[6] His brother-in-law are Francisco D'Agostino^[7] and Eladio Larez.^[1]