Gustavo Eduardo Marcano Antúnez

He is a lawyer who graduated from Santa María University and has studied Public Management at the Metropolitan University. He completed UCAB’s Professional Training Program in Public Policy Design and Implementation, offered in partnership with Georgetown University. He has also trained in OFAC sanctions through FIBA, in association with Florida International University (FIU).

From 2023 to 2026, he coordinated the Council for the Protection and Administration of Assets (CAPA), the AN2015 body responsible for protecting and defending Venezuela’s public assets abroad, in coordination with U.S. authorities and international legal teams. Previously, from 2019 to 2023, he was Minister Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C., representing the Interim Government. His work included liaising with the State Department, Congress and other federal agencies.

He is General Coordinator of the 2015 National Assembly Delegation. He coordinates political, technical and institutional support for the delegation led by Dinorah Figuera and contributes to relations with the United States to advance Venezuela’s re-institutionalization, reconstruction and democratic transition. He was mayor of Lechería, in the state of Anzoátegui, for the 2004–2008 and 2013–2017 terms, and a deputy in the National Assembly for that state from 2010 to 2013, where he served on the Standing Committee on Energy and Mines. He is a founding member of Primero Justicia in the state of Anzoátegui.