Tomás Ignacio Guanipa Villalobos (born 31 December 1971, Maracaibo) is a Venezuelan administrator and politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela and is the current leader of the Justice First party.

Guanipa started in political activity at a very young age like his father in the Copei party; However, together with a group of young people, they decided to leave the party and formed the Zulia 89 movement with the aim of supporting Oswaldo Álvarez Paz to the governorship of Zulia.

After working for the government managing state foundations, Guanipa decided to establish the centrist Primero Justicia in 2000, becoming its coordinator in Zulia from 2000 to 2007, and after 2004 became part of their national board.

After announcing the convocation of parliamentary elections in 2010, Guanipa is running as a candidate for Deputy for Circuit 7 of the State of Zulia, and after gaining the support of all the political factors of the entity, he became the candidate of the Democratic Unity Roundtable to the aforementioned regional constituency.

On 26 September 2010, Guanipa was declared the winner of the electoral contest of Circuit 7 formed by the parishes of Cacique Mara, Cecilio Acosta and Cristo de Aranza with 33,175 votes or 61.05% of the vote, with which he became a deputy to the National Assembly of Venezuela for Zulia.