MIGATO was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

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Migato was founded in 1997 by José Gregorio Briceño

José Gregorio Briceño

José Gregorio Briceño Torrealba is a Venezuelan politician.- Life :Briceño began his political life in 1979 as a member of Acción Democrática . After being expelled from AD in 1991 Briceño founded a political party called Movimiento Independiente Cedeño...

, the mayor of Cedeño Municipality of Monagas State. "El gato" (the cat) is his nickname and "mi gato" means "my cat". At the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000

Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2000

A parliamentary election was held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 30 July 2000, having been postponed from the original date of 28 May for technical reasons. This was the first election held under Venezuela's newly adopted 1999 constitution...

, the party won 1 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela

National Assembly of Venezuela

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Briceño was elected as the governor of Monagas in 2004. The 2005 election

Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2005

The 2005 Venezuela parliamentary election took place on 4 December 2005. The election sent 167 deputies to the National Assembly of Venezuela, 12 deputies to the Latin American Parliament and 5 deputies to the Andean Parliament...

 gave it 1 National Assembly seat again. Though their influence was significant in Monagas, both victories were mainly due to the alliance with the Fifth Republic Movement

Fifth Republic Movement

The Fifth Republic Movement was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela. It was founded in July 1997, following a national congress of the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, in the Venezuelan presidential...

, which was the party of the president Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...

. It merged into PSUV on 2007-10-20.