Teodoro Petkoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teodoro Petkoff

Venezuelan politician

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1932

Place of Birth: Bobures, Venezuela

Date of Death: 31-Oct-2018

Profession: writer, politician, economist, journalist

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Teodoro Petkoff Malec (Spanish pronunciation: [teo'ðo?o pet'kof ma'lek]; 3 January 1932 – 31 October 2018) was a Venezuelan politician, guerrilla, economist and journalist.
One of Venezuela's most prominent politicians on the left, Petkoff began as a communist but gravitated toward liberalism in the 1990s.
As Minister of Planning, he oversaw President Rafael Caldera's adoption of neoliberal economic policies in the mid-1990s.
He was a prominent critic of President Hugo Chávez and was a candidate to run against him in the 2006 presidential election until he dropped out four months before the vote to support Manuel Rosales.
Petkoff launched the newspaper Tal Cual in 2000 and remained its editor until his death in 2018.