Edmundo Chirinos (12 August 1935[1] – 24 August 2013) was a Venezuelan psychiatrist, academic, politician and criminal, presidential candidate in 1988 and rector of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). In the last years of his life he was sentenced for the murder of the social communication student Roxana Vargas, who was his patient.[2][3]

Edmundo Chirinos
Actor Héctor Manrique interpreting Edmundo Chirinos in the monologue Sangre en el Diván.
Personal details
Born12 August 1935
Churuguara, Estado Falcón
Died24 August 2013 (aged 78)
Caracas, Venezuela
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPsychiatrist

References

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  1. ^ De La Rosa, Alicia (24 August 2013). "Falleció el psiquiatra Edmundo Chirinos en su residencia". El Universal. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ Machado, Sabrina (13 June 2012). "Edmundo Chirinos, el preso de la culpa". Diario Panorama. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Caso: Roxana Vargas". Casos de Investigación. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.