Jose Manuel Sucre

Jose Manuel Sucre Ciffoni (November 1, 1963–March 25, 2016) was a Venezuelan politician and United Nations official who was based in the United States of America in the later part of his life. He was a member of the Acción Democrática (AD) party and of Venezuela's prominent Sucre family.

Early life and career
Sucre was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the son of parliamentarian Juan Manuel Sucre Trias. He received a law degree from Andrés Bello Catholic University.

Politician
Sucre was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 1988 Venezuelan general election, which was won by Democratic Action, for a constituency in Ciudad Bolívar. He took office in January 1989. In 1991, he was appointed as secretary to Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez. He was defeated by a candidate of the left-wing party La Causa Radical (LCR) in the 1993 general election, in which Acción Democrática lost much of its support.

United Nations Official
Sucre moved to the United States following his defeat in the 1993 election and earned a post-graduate degree in law and public administration from Columbia University. He ultimately settled in Darien, Connecticut.

He was appointed to an advisor position at the United Nations in 1994. He was appointed as interim mayor of Peja by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 1999 and held this role until 2001. Sucre later described his appointment to this position as one of his proudest moments. He later worked an advisor on governance systems and institutions. In 2008, he promoted an international youth development project based on an initiative of the Odebrecht Foundation in Bahia, Brazil. A 2013 news report identified him as programme manager of the Latin American and East Europe Programme of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM).

Death
Sucre died on November 1, 2016.