Luis María Piñerúa Ordaz (20 April 1924 - 8 February 2001 Rosa Aguilera Meneses, El Universal, 24 February 2001, Un adiós a Piñerúa) was the Democratic Action presidential candidate in the 1978 Venezuelan general election, losing to COPEI's Luis Herrera Campins. He held the post of Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela in both the first presidency and second presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez.
See also Political prisoners in Venezuela
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