Fernando Albán

Fernando Alberto Albán Salazar (Latin American Spanish: [feɾˈnando alˈβeɾto alˈβan salaˈsaɾ], 1 October 1962 – 8 October 2018) was a Venezuelan–Colombian activist, lawyer, politician, and prominent figure within the Justice First opposition party. Albán served as a councilman of the Libertador Municipality of Caracas from 2012 until his death in office in 2018.

Not to be confused with Fernando Coto Albán.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Albán and the second or maternal family name is Salazar.
Fernando Albán Salazar

Libertador Bolivarian Municipality Councilman
In office
16 December 2013 – 8 October 2018
Personal details
Born
Fernando Alberto Albán Salazar

(1962-10-01)1 October 1962
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Died8 October 2018(2018-10-08) (aged 56)
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyJustice First
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela

He died while he was detained in the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) in Plaza Venezuela, Caracas. Government officials initially reported his death as a suicide, but his friends, family, opposition political parties and Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, argued that the councilor's death was murder.

In May 2021 Maduro's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, admitted that Albán did not commit suicide as initially reported, but was killed by two SEBIN officers guarding him.

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