Deputy Desireé Barboza

She is a lawyer and a regional and national leader of Voluntad Popular. Her career combines legal training, institutional activism and community work in western Venezuela. In 2022 she received the Order of Ana María Campos, awarded by the Legislative Council of the state of Zulia in recognition of her social leadership and parliamentary work in favor of equality and democratic values.

She has carried out international representation duties as a member of the National Assembly delegation to the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur). In the legislative arena, she has served on committees overseeing public services and territorial integrity. Her work has included defending parliamentary immunity and denouncing violations of constitutional guarantees.

She has chaired the Standing Committee on Family of the 2015 National Assembly since 2025. Her public work focuses on defending fundamental rights, constitutional guarantees and citizen representation, building on a record of community and political work in the state of Zulia.

She was elected alternate deputy to the National Assembly for the state of Zulia in the 2015 elections, representing the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD). She has served as regional coordinator of Voluntad Popular in Zulia and held political organizing responsibilities, alongside her parliamentary activity and international representation of the Legislative Branch.