title: David De Lima
text: # David De Lima
  
  David Eugenio de Lima Salas (born 1959) is a Venezuelan politician.
  
  ## Career
  
  He was elected Governor of the state of Anzoátegui in the 2000 regional elections for the MVR. He later broke with the MVR and lost to his MVR successor, Tarek Saab, in the 2004 elections.
  
  De Lima was a member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) for 32 years, but in 2012 described MAS as "a failed project". He was elected to the 1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.
  
  De Lima accused his successor as governor, Tarek Saab, of using his position for political persecution, after Saab's wife accused De Lima of mismanagement.
  
  De Lima is a lawyer by training, having graduated from the Central University of Venezuela in 1987.
  
  