Alirio Ugarte Pelayo (Parroquia Anzoátegui, 21 January 1923 – 19 May 1966), was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and lawyer.
[2] He was appointed Governor of Monagas state (1949–1951) under the military junta set up after the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état.
The vote of the URD National Directorate fell 16 to 12, and "it soon became evident that if Ugarte left the party over his suspension, he would take with him the twelve members of the National Directorate who had backed him against Villalba, eight congressmen, and at least ten state organizations.
"[5] Ugarte Pelayo announced the creation of a new party, Movimiento Demócrata Independiente, and was found dead in his home on 19 May by reporters he had invited for a press conference,[4] an apparent suicide.
[3] A street in Maturín, Avenida Alirio Ugarte Pelayo, is named for him.