What is Teodoro Petkoff?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Teodoro Petkoff |image = Teodoro Petkoff Senate of Poland.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date|1932|1|3|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bobures]], [[Zulia State]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|10|30|1932|1|3}} |death_place = [[Caracas]], Venezuela |office = Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (Cordiplan) |term_start = 1996 |term_end = 1999 |party = [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]] |religion = |spouse = | alma_mater = [[Central University of Venezuela]] |profession= [[Politician]], [[Journalist]] }} '''Teodoro Petkoff Malec''' ({{IPA-es|teoˈðoɾo petˈkof maˈlek}}; 3 January 1932 – 30 October 2018) was a [[Venezuela]]n [[politician]], former [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]], [[journalist]] and [[economist]]. He was an important [[political left|left]] politician in Venezuela. Petkoff began as a [[communist]] but went to [[liberalism]] in the 1990s. As Minister of Planning he oversaw President [[Rafael Caldera]]'s adoption of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] economic policies in the mid-1990s. He was a strong critic of President [[Hugo Chávez]], and was a candidate to run against him in the [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2006|December 2006 presidential elections]], but dropped out of the race in August. He launched the newspaper ''[[Tal Cual]]'' in 2000 and remained its editor until his death. Petkoff died on 30 October 2018 in [[Caracas]] at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |title=Venezuelan journalist Petkoff, ex-guerrilla leader, dies |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuelan-guerrilla-leader-journalist-petkoff-dies-58881997 |access-date=1 November 2018 |agency=ABC News / Associated Press |date=31 October 2018}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of scientists from South America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petkoff, Teodoro}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Venezuelan politicians]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:Venezuelan journalists]] [[Category:Economists]] {{bio-stub}}