david smolansky urosa (born 27 may 1985) is a venezuelan politician, journalist, one of the leaders of the popular will party and former mayor of el hatillo municipality in caracas, venezuela for the period 2014-2017. he was recognized by the junior chamber international as world's outstanding young politician 2015. threatened with prison, he has been in exile since 13 september 2017. he was described by "americas quarterly" as the politician among ten people who would someday help rebuild venezuela.