(3. Oktober) One of the youngest members of the National Assembly, Serra was a lawyer with a Master‘s Degree in criminology, media reports said. He was an avowed ‚Chavista‘ – a supporter of the populist political ideology of the country‘s late former president, Hugo Chavez.

He rose to prominence as a student leader and was seen as one of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela‘s (PSUV) most promising young leaders.