Edmundo González Urrutia
Opposition presidential candidate (2024)
At a glance
Edmundo González Urrutia is a retired Venezuelan diplomat who ran as the unity opposition candidate in the July 2024 presidential election after María Corina Machado was barred from the ballot.
Who is Edmundo González Urrutia?
Edmundo González Urrutia is a career diplomat who served as Venezuela's ambassador to Algeria and Argentina. In 2024 he was selected by the Plataforma Unitaria opposition coalition as the unity presidential candidate after María Corina Machado was disqualified by the TSJ-controlled Comptroller.
The opposition coalition publishes voting-table receipts that, they argue, show González won the July 28, 2024 election — a claim disputed by the Maduro-aligned CNE. González went into exile in Spain in September 2024.
Also known as: Edmundo González.
Network & connections
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