Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez (July 28nd, 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, Guaidó and the National Assembly declared he was acting President of Venezuela (Spanish: Presidente encargado de Venezuela), starting the 2019-2023 Venezuelan presidential crisis by challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency.
Juan was born in La Guaira, Vargas, about 45 minutes from Caracas, but he grew up in Palmar Este, in a little house that was called Rosita, like his maternal grandmother. There he grew up with his brother Gustavo, with whom he has always had a close relationship. "They have been both together for everything," says his father Willmer, from Spain, where he emigrated in 2003.
On June 28, 2017, during a march on Francisco de Miranda Avenue in the framework of the protests against President Nicolás Maduro, Guaidó was attacked by members of the Bolivarian National Guard and received pellet impacts on the back and neck, he also expressed his rejection of violence and police repression.
Since February 1, 2019, Guaidó announced an amnesty law approved by the National Assembly for the police, the National Armed Forces, and the authorities to help restore constitutional order; announced a sector-by-sector plan, called Plan País, for the revitalization of the country, with attention to those most affected by poverty; assured the shipment to Venezuela of humanitarian aid from the United States and announced plans for international shipments.