Dinorah Figuera

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Dinorah Figuera
Figuera in 2017
13th President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
Incumbent (contested)
Assumed office 5 January 2023
Disputed with	Jorge Rodríguez
Preceded by	Juan Guaidó
Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela for Caracas
In office 5 January 2011 – 5 January 2021
Personal details
Born	Dinorah Figuera (1961-04-15) 15 April 1961 (age 63) Aragua, Venezuela
Political party	Justice First
Education	Central University of Venezuela
Profession	Physician

Dinorah Figuera (born 15 April 1961^[1]) is a Venezuelan physician and politician. She is a deputy and president of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile in Spain.

Born in Aragua,^[1] Dinorah Figuera was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela where she graduated as a surgeon in 1991. As a member of Radical Cause party, she was undersecretary of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas between 1993 and 1996, during the administration of Aristóbulo Istúriz.^[2] She was a figure during the 2017 protests in Venezuela.^[2]

Figuera was elected as a deputy for Caracas in the III National Assembly and for Aragua in the IV National Assembly.^[1] Figuera is exiled in Spain after escaping Venezuela through the French embassy in Caracas.

On 5 January 2023, Figuera was elected as president of the IV National Assembly, even though she remains in exile. Figuera was chosen to replace opposition figure Juan Guaidó.^[3] After her election, the government of Venezuela issued an arrest warrant against her.^[3]

In an interview with Reuters, Figuera said that she was confident that the Biden administration would protect the assets of Citgo Petroleum and the nearly $2 billion in gold that the Venezuelan governments holds in the Bank of England, which has been a dispute between the Maduro government and the opposition.^[4]

On 2 April 2023, Figuera released a statement in support of her predecessor, Juan Guaidó, who had earlier denounced that the government planned to arrest him. Figuera condemned the intimidation against Guaidó and solidarized herself with him.^[5] In another statement, Figuera deauthorized an opposition deputy who asked for a more softened stance on sanctions from the US, saying that said deputy did not represent the whole opposition National Assembly.^[6]