10 Facts About Vladimir Villegas

Vladimir Villegas Poljak was born on 11 December 1961 and is a Venezuelan journalist and politician.

Vladimir Villegas was President of Venezolana de Television from late 2003 to December 2004.

Vladimir Villegas has written regularly for El Nacional and El Mundo, with a weekly column in El Nacional.

Vladimir Villegas is a founder of the Avanzada Progresista party, having previously been a supporter of Patria Para Todos.

Vladimir Villegas's mother, Maja Poljak was Jewish Communist social activist and photographer born in Zagreb, Croatia, formerly Yugoslavia.

Vladimir Villegas is the brother of the journalist and politician Ernesto Villegas, Minister of Communication and Information since October 2012.

Vladimir Villegas was a member of the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela which drew up the 1999 Constitution of Venezuela.

Vladimir Villegas was the Venezuelan Ambassador to Brazil in 2002, and Ambassador to Mexico from May to November 2005, until the Mexico and Venezuela diplomatic crisis saw him recalled to Caracas.

On 2 May 2013, Vladimir Villegas was offered the position of being the director of Globovision beside Leopoldo Castillo.

Vladimir Villegas ultimately declined the position citing "differences" with the newly created board of directors.