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'''Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez''' (<small>Venezuelan </small>{{IPA-es|hwaŋ heˈɾaɾðo ɣwaiˈðo ˈmaɾkes|-|ES - Juan Guaidó.ogg}}; born 28 July 1983) is a [[Venezuela]]n politician, a member of the [[Social democracy|social-democratic]] [[Popular Will]] party, federal deputy to the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] representing the state of [[Vargas (state)|Vargas]], and currently serves as the [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela]] since 5 January, 2019. On January 23, January 2019, Guaido and the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] declared he was acting [[President of Venezuela]], receiving recognition of legitimacy by almost 60 governments worldwide, and starting the [[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis]] by challenging [[Nicolás Maduro]]'s presidency.
 
After the [[2007 Venezuelan protests]], Guaidó helped found the Popular Will party with [[Leopoldo López]] in 2009.<ref name=":2" /> He was elected to be an alternate deputy in the National Assembly one year later in 2010<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> and in 2015, Guaidó was elected as a full-seat deputy.<ref name=":6" /> Following a protocol to annually rotate the position of President of the National Assembly among political parties, Popular Will nominated Guaidó for the position.<ref name=":2" /> Stating that the outcome of the [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election]] was illegitimate and [[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis#Background|based on Article 233]] of the [[Constitution of Venezuela]], Guaidó declared he was acting [[President of Venezuela]] on 23 January 2019,<ref name="declare">{{bullet}} {{cite news |last1=Specia |first1=Megan |title=What Is Happening in Venezuela and Why It Matters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/americas/venezuela-crisis.html |accessdate=4 June 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 April 2019 |quote=Just two weeks after Mr. Maduro was sworn in for a second term in January, Mr. Guaidó declared himself the interim president, directly challenging the country’s leadership}}