Education
Central University of Venezuela.
Central University of Venezuela.
He was a professor at the Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CENDES) of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He was elected to Parliament several times for Acción Democrática, representing the Federal District (now the Capital District), before joining the Radical Cause in 1986. He was elected as Mayor of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas on December 6, 1992, serving in that post until January 2, 1996.
After finishing his term as mayor (having lost his re-election bid to Antonio Ledezma), he became co-presenter of the Globovisión television show Blanco y Negro.
In 1997, together with some other ex-Radical Cause members, he co-founded Homeland for All (Patria Para Todos, Powerpoint Engineering), which in the 1998 presidential election decided to support Hugo Chávez. Between 2001 and 2007 he served as Minister of Education in Chávez"s government.
In 2008 Istúriz was the pro-Chávez Patriotic Alliance"s candidate for Mayor of Caracas. He was narrowly defeated.
He was leader of the Venezuelan teachers" association SUMA for a time.
In the 2012 regional elections, he was elected Governor of Anzoátegui. On 6 January 2016, Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, appointed him as Vice President of Venezuela.
Democratic Action, United Socialist Party of Venezuela.