100 Notable alumni of
Central University of Venezuela
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The Central University of Venezuela is 331st in the world, 8th in Latin America, and 1st in Venezuela by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Central University of Venezuela sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Francisco de Miranda
- Occupations
- translatorwriterpoliticiansoldier
- Biography
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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza, commonly known as Francisco de Miranda ( Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is regarded as a precursor of South America's liberation from the Spanish Empire, and remains known as the "First Universal Venezuelan" and the "Great Universal American".
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Andrés Bello
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- poettranslatorphilosopherphilologistdiplomat
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Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolívar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes.
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Diego Narváez
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- physician
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José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros OFS was a Venezuelan physician. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, he became a highly renowned doctor, more so after his death. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2021.
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Rómulo Gallegos
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- journalistnovelistwriterpolitician
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Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power by military officers in the 1948 Venezuelan coup.
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Carlos Andrés Pérez
- Enrolled in the Central University of Venezuela
- Studied in 1944-1946
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician and the president of Venezuela from 12 March 1974 to 12 March 1979 and again from 2 February 1989 to 21 May 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática, the dominant political party in Venezuela during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Laura Bozzo
- Enrolled in the Central University of Venezuela
- 1973-1975 graduated with postgraduate education in philosophy
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- writertelevision directorphilanthropistpanelisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Laura Cecilia Bozzo Rotondo is a Peruvian-Mexican talk show hostess, best known for her Spanish-language talk show Laura that was broadcast in the United States on the Univision television network.
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Rafael Caldera
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- lawyeruniversity teacherpoliticianfaculty membersociologist
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Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez, twice elected the president of Venezuela, served for two five-year terms (1969–1974 and 1994–1999), becoming the longest serving democratically elected leader to govern the country in the twentieth century. His first term marked the first peaceful transfer of power to the opposition in Venezuela's history.
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Rómulo Betancourt
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello, known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción Democrática, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.
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Antonio Guzmán Blanco
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- lawyerpoliticiansoldierdiplomat
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Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870 until 1877, from 1879 until 1884, and from 1886 until 1887 and General during the Venezuelan Federal War.
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Arturo Uslar Pietri
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- writerbiographerdiplomatjournalistlibrarian
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Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
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José María Vargas Ponce
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- politician
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José María Vargas Ponce was the president of Venezuela from 1835 to 1836. Vargas was Venezuela's first civilian president.
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Henrique Capriles Radonski
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- politicianlawyer
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Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017.
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Delcy Rodríguez
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- lawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician serving as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018. She was also Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017 and President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela from 4 August 2017 to 14 June 2018. The European Union, the United States and Canada have placed sanctions on her.
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Raúl Leoni
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- politicianlawyer
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Raúl Leoni Otero was the president of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He was a member of the Generation of 1928 and a charter member of the Acción Democrática party, and the first Labor minister of Venezuela (during El Trienio Adeco, 1945–48).
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Juliette Pardau
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- actor
- Biography
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Juliette Marian Del Valle Pardau López is a Venezuelan actress and singer.
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Jaime Lusinchi
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- physicianpolitician
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Jaime Ramón Lusinchi was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political system established in 1958.
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Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
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- lawyerpoetcriticpoliticianphilosopher
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Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, was a Venezuelan politician. A founder of Democratic Action and Minister of Education in its first government (1947–1948), he was a leader of Democratic Action after the restoration of democracy in 1958. He split from Democratic Action in 1967 when it tried to prevent his victory in district-level primary elections for the 1968 presidential race translating into Prieto Figueroa winning the nomination. He and a substantial group of supporters split from AD and founded the People's Electoral Movement, which he led until his death.
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Jacinto Convit
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- scientist
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Jacinto Convit García was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. He played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of Biomedicine and held many leprosy-related positions. Among Convit's many honors for his work on leprosy and tropical diseases was Spain's Prince of Asturias Award in the Scientific and Technical Research category and France's Legion of Honor. In 1988, Convit was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his experimental anti-leprosy vaccine.
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Lilian Tintori
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- human rights activistactivistathletebusinessperson
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Lilian Adriana Tintori Parra is a Venezuelan activist, athlete, and television and radio host. Tintori is the wife of Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan politician sentenced in 2015 to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting violence during street protests the year before. She has also led groups who have opposed the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Arturo Sosa Abascal
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- philosopherCatholic priest
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Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who serves as the 31st and present superior general of the Society of Jesus. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016, succeeding Adolfo Nicolás. He is the first person born in Latin America to lead the Jesuits.
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Andrés Eloy Blanco
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- diplomatpoliticianpoet
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Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño was a noted Venezuelan poet and politician. He was a member of the Generación del 28, and one of the founders of Acción Democrática (AD). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela from 15 February 1948 until 24 November 1948.
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Viviana Gibelli
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- physicianpediatricianactortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Viviana Águeda Gibelli Gómez is a Venezuelan TV show host, actress, and ex-beauty queen. She was a participant in the beauty pageant miss Venezuela in 1987 obtaining the position of second finalist, she represented Venezuela in the contest: Miss Wonderland 1987 where she was crowned queen of the American continent.
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Miguel Otero Silva
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- writerpoliticiannovelistpoetjournalist
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Miguel Otero Silva, was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, humorist and politician. A figure of great relevance in Venezuelan literature, his literary and journalistic works related strictly to the socio-political history of Venezuela. Throughout his life he was repeatedly forced into exile. Later on, after the establishment of a democratic state in 1958, he was elected to the Venezuelan Senate.
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Jorge Rodríguez
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- politicianpsychiatrist
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Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He previously served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2007 to 2008 and as Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality from 2009 to 2017. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the current vice president.
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Jorge Arreaza
- Enrolled in the Central University of Venezuela
- 1991-1996 graduated with licenciado
- 1996-1998 graduated with specialist
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. From August 2017 to August 2021, Arreaza served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arreaza has been sanctioned by Canada and the United States for his role in the violation of human rights in Venezuela.
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Luis Herrera Campins
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- journalistlawyerjuristpolitician
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Luis Antonio Herrera Campins was the president of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1978. He was a member of COPEI, a Christian Democratic party.
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Cristóbal Mendoza hurtado mendoza y montilla
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla, commonly known as Cristóbal Mendoza, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, writer, and academic. Cristobal is best known for serving as the first official President of Venezuela from 1811 to 1812. After earning a master's degree in philosophy in Caracas and his doctor utriusque juris (Doctor of Canon and Civil Law) in the Dominican Republic, early in his professional career he served in various law firms in Trujillo, Mérida, and Caracas. He moved to Barinas in 1796 to practice law, and in 1807 was elected Mayor of Barinas. In 1810, Mendoza joined the insurgent movement started by wealthy Caracan citizens against the Spanish crown, and in 1811 was elected to represent the province of Barinas in the newly founded Constituent Congress of Venezuela. Days later he was appointed the first president of the First Republic of Venezuela, a role he shared as part of a triumvirate. Until his term ended in March 1812, Mendoza began the war for independence against the parts of Venezuela that still supported the Spanish monarchy, authored the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, and also took part in constructing the first Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela.
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Tarek William Saab
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- writerlawyerpoliticianpoetPublic Ministry of Venezuela
- Biography
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Tarek William Saab Halabi is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer and poet. He was a leader of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party founded by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, who publicly called him "The Revolution's Poet". He was the Governor of Anzoátegui from 2004 to 2012, and a member of the Committee for Justice and Truth since 2013. In December 2014, he was elected "People's Defender", or Ombudsman, by the National Assembly for 2014–2021 term. Saab was appointed as President of the Republican Moral Council of Venezuela by the People's Power in 2015. On 5 August 2017, the National Constituent Assembly appointed him as Attorney General in substitution of Luisa Ortega Diaz.
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Tibisay Lucena
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- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Tibisay Lucena Ramírez was a Venezuelan politician, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) between 2006 and 2020, one of the five branches of government of Venezuela. Since 2017, Lucena was sanctioned by several countries for her role in undermining democracy and human rights in the country.
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Benjamín Rausseo
- Enrolled in the Central University of Venezuela
- Graduated with Licentiate in art
- Occupations
- screenwriterpoliticianactorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Benjamín Rausseo Rodríguez is a Venezuelan artist, stand-up comedian and career humorist best known for his character El Conde del Guácharo (translation: "The Count of Guacharo").
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José Vicente Rangel
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- journalistlawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician and journalist. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as the vice president from 2002 to 2007.
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Octavio Lepage
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Octavio Lepage Barreto was a Venezuelan politician who served as the acting president of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993.
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Cecilia Acosta
- Years
- 1818-1881 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerpoetphilosopher
- Biography
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Cecilio Juan Ramón del Carmen Acosta Revete, was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, lawyer, philosopher and humanist.
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María Gabriela Chávez
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- diplomat
- Biography
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María Gabriela Chávez Colmenares is currently an Alternate Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations. She is the daughter of former President Hugo Chávez, and acted as his First Lady after his separation from Marisabel Rodríguez in 2003.
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Ivian Sarcos
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- beauty pageant contestantmodel
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Ivian Sarcos is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2011 on November 6, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Sarcos is the sixth woman from Venezuela to win Miss World.
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Yordano
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- songwriterarchitectsingerguitarist
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Yordano, born Giordano Di Marzo Migani, is an Italian–born Venezuelan singer-songwriter and guitar player.
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Germán Suárez Flamerich
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- lawyerpoliticianuniversity teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Germán Suárez Flamerich was the president of Venezuela from 1950 to 1952. Flamerich was a lawyer, college professor, diplomat, and politician. He was president of the Government Junta from 1950 to 1952, after the assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud.
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Héctor Rodríguez Castro
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Héctor Rodríguez Castro is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. He is currently the governor of Miranda.
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Soledad Bravo
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- singer
- Biography
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Soledad Bravo is a Venezuelan singer.
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Elías Jaua
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- diplomatsociologistpolitician
- Biography
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Elías José Jaua Milano is a Venezuelan politician and former university professor who serves as the Minister of Education of Venezuela. He served as the vice president of Venezuela from January 2010 to October 2012 and had been Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2013 until September 2014.
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Marcelo Rodríguez
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- actor
- Biography
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Marcelo Antonio Rodríguez Laprea is a Venezuelan actor and professional wrestling announcer currently working for the international Spanish versions of WWE shows Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and pay-per-view (PPV) events alongside Jerry Soto as color commentator.
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Eloísa Maturén
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- actorjournalist
- Biography
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Eloísa Maturén Vallado is a Venezuelan journalist, actress, cultural entrepreneur, and former dancer.
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Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón
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- journalistlawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat.
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Andrés Narvarte
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Andrés Narvarte Pimentel was the president of Venezuela as interim caretaker (1836–1837).
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Teodoro Petkoff
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- journalisteconomistwriterpolitician
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Teodoro Petkoff Malec was a Venezuelan politician, economist and journalist. One of Venezuela's most prominent politicians on the left, Petkoff began as a communist but founded the democratic socialist Movement Toward Socialism party after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Petkoff was elected as senator and ran for the presidency twice in the 1980s, being defeated both times. As Minister of Planning, he oversaw President Rafael Caldera's adoption of liberalization economic policies in the mid-1990s. He was a prominent critic of President Hugo Chávez and was a candidate to run against him in the 2006 presidential election until he dropped out four months before the vote to support Manuel Rosales. Petkoff launched the newspaper Tal Cual in 2000 and remained its editor until his death in 2018.
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Edgar Sanabria
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- diplomatuniversity teacherlawyer
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Edgar Sanabria Arcia was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He served as the acting president of Venezuela from 1958 to 1959.
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Juan Germán Roscio
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- diplomatlawyerwriterpoliticianjournalist
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Juan Germán Roscio was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician of Italian background. He served as the secretary of foreign affairs for the Junta of Caracas, as Venezuela's first foreign minister, and as chief of the Executive during the First Republic of Venezuela. He was also editor for Gazeta de Caracas and ran the Correo del Orinoco. He was the main editor of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, the chief architect of the Venezuelan Constitution of 1811 and the electoral rules for the election of the first Congress. He was also president of the Angostura Congress in 1819 and vice president of Gran Colombia.
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Jonathan Jakubowicz
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- film directorwriterscreenwriterproducer
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Jonathan Jakubowicz is a Venezuelan filmmaker and writer, winner of the German Film Peace Prize 2020 for his film "Resistance". His film Secuestro Express was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the British Independent Film Awards and was a New York Times "Critics' Pick" in 2005. He is of Polish-Jewish descent.
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Ramón José Velásquez
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- journalistlawyerhistorianpolitician
- Biography
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Ramón José Velásquez Mujica was a Venezuelan politician, historian, journalist, and lawyer. He served as the president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994.
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Raimundo Andueza Palacio
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio, was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Manuel Díaz Rodríguez
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- journalistphysicianpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, physician, diplomat and politician. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the Hispanic modernismo movement.
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José Ignacio Cabrujas
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- writeruniversity teacheractorjournalisttelevision writer
- Biography
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José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and political campaigns designer. He is considered one of the founders and innovators of the modern telenovela genre in Latin America, and is called the "Maestro de las Telenovelas."
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Fermín Toro
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- writerdiplomat
- Biography
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Fermín Toro y Blanco was a Venezuelan humanist, politician, diplomat and author.
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José Gil Fortoul
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- historianwriterlawyer
- Biography
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José Gil Fortoul was a Venezuelan writer, historian, and politician, who was briefly the acting president of Venezuela. As a political scientist and legal scholar, he is closely identified with the movement of Venezuelan positivism. He was an ally of the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, supporting his regime both politically and in his social and historical writing. In 1913 Fortoul was appointed provisional President of Venezuela, serving for less than a year.
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Juan Requesens
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- political scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Requesens Martínez is a deputy of the Venezuelan National Assembly, elected in 2015 and sworn in on 5 January 2016. He was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela, and a leader of student opposition protesters during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. He led marches opposing the Government of Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro, seeking "to turn the student rebellion into a broader social movement".
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Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, was a prominent Venezuelan diplomat, politician and lawyer primarily responsible for the inception and creation of OPEC, along with Saudi Arabian minister Abdullah Tariki.
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Delsa Solórzano
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Delsa Jennifer Solórzano Bernal is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She is currently a deputy of the National Assembly and president of the Internal Affairs Parliamentary Commission, as well as vice president of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. As of the 13th of December 2018, she is founder and president of the political party Encuentro Ciudadano
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José Antonio Ramos Sucre
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- lawyerpoetwriterdiplomat
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José Antonio Ramos Sucre was a Venezuelan poet, professor, diplomat and scholar. He was a member of the Sucre family of Venezuela and the great-great-nephew of Antonio José de Sucre. He was educated at the Colegio Nacional, and then at the Universidad Central de Venezuela where he studied Law, Letters and Languages (ancient and modern Greek and Sanskrit).
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Luis Razetti
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- physician
- Biography
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Luis Razetti was a surgeon, who supported and managed a number of advances in the progress of Venezuelan medicine. He gained his Doctorate in Medicine from the Central University of Venezuela, is considered the driving-force in the "Renaissance of the Venezuelan medicine", concerning education, research centers and medical practices in Venezuela. One of the two schools of Medicine of the Central University of Venezuela bears his name. Together with Dr. José María Vargas and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández (who is also best remembered for his great religious vocation), Dr. Luis Razetti stands out among the most valuable figures in Venezuelan medicine. His remains rest in the National Pantheon of Venezuela in Caracas since June 23, 1982.
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Guillermo Tell Villegas
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Guillermo Tell Villegas was a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and writer. Among other government positions, he served as interim president of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892. Starting his career in law, he became governor of Barinas in 1859 and afterwards held various roles in the government of Juan Crisostomo Falcon, including deputy in the Assembly of Victory, Minister of Interior and Justice, and interim Foreign Minister of Venezuela. In 1864 and in 1866 was appointed to the Federal High Court. Villegas participated in the La Genuina revolution in 1867, and was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies in 1868, where he openly opposed the government of Falcón. The Blue Revolution in 1868 removed Falcon from power, and Villegas became Foreign Minister under President José Ruperto Monagas. In 1868 Villegas spent eight months as interim president of Venezuela, during which time he reinstated the Federal Constitution from 1864. After again serving as interim president and Minister of the Interior in 1869, in 1870 he was interim president a third time while Monagas fought the Liberal Revolution. The revolution was successful, and Villegas retired from active politics after ceding the presidency.
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Alí Rodríguez Araque
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Alí Rodríguez Araque was a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and diplomat. He was the leader of the political party Patria Para Todos ("Fatherland for All") and occupied various positions in the government of President Hugo Chávez, such as oil advisor, General Secretary of OPEC, President of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Minister of External Relations and Ambassador to Cuba. He was appointed as Minister of Finance in June 2008. His last occupation was Ambassador of Venezuela in Cuba since 2014 until his death in 2018.
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Miguel Pizarro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Miguel Alejandro Pizarro Rodríguez is a Venezuelan politician in the National Assembly who represents the district of Petare in Caracas. He is also known for his role in the 2014 Venezuelan protests.
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Oscar ñayes
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Óscar Armando Yanes González was a Venezuelan journalist and bestselling author, considered a pioneer in Venezuelan broadcast journalism. He was awarded three times with the National Prize for Journalism.
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Juan Rendón
- Occupations
- political adviser
- Biography
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Juan José Rendón Delgado, known professionally as J. J. Rendón, is a Venezuelan political consultant, psychologist, and political activist, known for being the one who has directed and won the most electoral campaigns. He specializes in crisis resolution and is a human rights activist. He is a political asylee in the United States.
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Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
- Occupations
- composerlawyerpoet
- Biography
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Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, was a Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was author of Florentino y El Diablo, which was set to music as a duet in the style known as contrapunteo.
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Carlos Vecchio
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Carlos Alfredo Vecchio DeMari is a Venezuelan lawyer, politician and social activist, designated as Ambassador to the US by Juan Guaidó in January 2019 during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis. His credential letter was accepted by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 9, 2019.
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Francisco Espejo
- Years
- 1758-1814 (aged 56)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Francisco Silvestre Espejo Camaño, was a Venezuelan lawyer who briefly served as the President of Venezuela in 1812 and fought for the republican cause during the Venezuelan War of Independence. His parents were Francisco Espejo and Bárbara Caamaño y Bermúdez.
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Luis Britto García
- Occupations
- historianwriterlawyer
- Biography
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Luis Britto García is a Venezuelan writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction has been recognised twice with the Casa de Las Américas Prize, for his works Rajatabla (1970) and Abrapalabra (1979). In 2002, he was the winner of Venezuela's National Prize for Literature, given as a lifetime achievement award. In 2005 he was recognized with the Ezequiel Martínez Estrada honorary award of Casa de Las Américas. In May 2012, he was appointed by President Hugo Chávez to the Venezuelan Council of State, "the highest circle of advisers to the president" provided for in the Venezuelan Constitution.
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Juan Bautista Pérez
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticiansoldierdiplomat
- Biography
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Juan Bautista Pérez, was a Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate, and politician who served as the president of Venezuela between 1929 until 1931. Afterwards he served as Ambassador to Spain until 1933. His period in office saw several attempts to overthrow Juan Vicente Gómez (who remained the country's ultimate authority) including one by Román Delgado Chalbaud and another by Rafael Simón Urbina, both in 1929.
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Nelson Merentes
- Occupations
- economistpoliticianmathematician
- Biography
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Nelson José Merentes Díaz is a Venezuelan mathematician, researcher, and politician.
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Vladimir Villegas
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Vladimir Villegas Poljak is a Venezuelan journalist and politician. He was President of Venezolana de Televisión from late 2003 to December 2004. He has written regularly for El Nacional and El Mundo, with a weekly column in El Nacional. He is a founder of the Avanzada Progresista party, having previously been a supporter of Patria Para Todos.
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Laureano Márquez
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Laureano Márquez, is a Spanish-born Venezuelan humorist and politologist.
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Jacqueline Faría
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Jacqueline Coromoto Faría Pineda is a Venezuelan politician. She was the head of the state mobile phone company Movilnet Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, and head of Caracas' water company, Hidrocapital. She is a hydraulic civil engineer by profession.
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Ernesto Villegas
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Ernesto Emilio Villegas Poljak is a journalist, politician, and writer from Venezuela.
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Jóvito Villalba
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jóvito Villalba Gutiérrez, was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member of the Generation of 1928, founder of the party URD (Democratic Republican Union) and signer of the Puntofijo Pact.
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Francisco Antonio Rísquez
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Antonio Rísquez was a Venezuelan physician. In 1893, he gave an address to the first Pan-American Medical Congress.
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Leonardo Ruiz Pineda
- Years
- 1916-1952 (aged 36)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Leonardo Ruiz Pineda was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member and one of the founders of the party Acción Democrática (AD), of which was Secretary General and leader of the clandestine resistance between 1949 and 1952 against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
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Arnoldo Gabaldón
- Occupations
- physicianpoliticianentomologist
- Biography
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Arnoldo Gabaldón Carrillo was a physician, researcher and Venezuelan politician. He is recognized for his activism against malaria. His campaign against the disease reduced the number of cases in Venezuela to almost zero during the 1950s, giving place to more exploitable territory and population growth.
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Guillermo Meneses
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- diplomathistorianwriter
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Guillermo Meneses was a Venezuelan writer, playwright, and journalist. He was the author of La Balandra 'Isabel' llegó esta tarde and Campeones, among other works. His awards and honors include the Venezuelan National Prize for Literature (1967), the "Order of the city of Caracas", and the "Andrés Bello Order" created by President Rafael Caldera.
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Adriano González León
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- writerpoet
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Adriano González León was a Venezuelan writer who is known in his country for the novel País Portátil (1968), widely regarded as the premier Venezuelan novel of the latter half of the 20th century, and for his many years of hosting a television program dedicated to promoting literary appreciation among the general public.
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Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz
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- politicianlawyerpoet
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Julián Isaías Rodríguez Díaz is a Venezuelan politician, diplomat and lawyer. He was appointed the vice president of Venezuela on 29 January 2000 by Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until 26 December 2000.
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Alejandra Benítez
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- politiciandentistfencer
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Alejandra Benítez Romero is a Venezuelan sabre fencer, who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was minister of sports in 2013
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Alberto Barrera Tyszka
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- writerscreenwriterpoetjournalistopinion journalist
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Alberto José Barrera Tyszka is a Venezuelan writer. In 2006, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel La enfermedad ("The Sickness").
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Stalin González
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- politician
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Iván Stalin González Montaño is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. On 26 September 2010 he was elected as deputy of the National Assembly for the fifth electoral district of Caracas, he presided the Administration and Services Parliamentary Commission and between 2016 and 2017 he was elected as leader of the MUD opposition fraction. On 2019 he was named second Vice President of the Assembly.
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Oswaldo Vigas
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- physicianpainter
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Oswaldo Vigas was a Venezuelan artist, best known as a self-taught painter and muralist. His work includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics and tapestries. He worked in France and Venezuela. He had over one hundred solo exhibitions, and is represented in numerous public institutions and private collections around the world.
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Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido
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- journalistlawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido, was a Venezuelan lawyer, writer, journalist, and politician who served as acting president of Venezuela. A lawyer early in his career, in 1876 he cofounded the school La Paz in Caracas. Also dedicated to journalism, he founded the publications Alianza Literaria in 1876, La Mayoría in 1879, and Monitor in 1889. Between 1879 and 1892 he held various political roles including Secretary of Interior of the Federal District, secretary general in the government of President Antonio Guzmán Blanco, and a trial judge in Caracas.
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Jesús Torrealba
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- politicianjournalist
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Jesús Alberto Torrealba Rodríguez, also known as Chúo Torrealba, is a Venezuelan politician and journalist, serving as Secretary-General of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) from September 24, 2014 to February 17, 2017.
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Manuel Caballero
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- historianjournalistliterary critic
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Manuel Antonio Caballero Agüero was a notable Venezuelan historian, journalist, best-selling author and professor of contemporary Venezuelan History at the Central University of Venezuela.
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Cecilia García Arocha
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Cecilia Carlota García Arocha Márquez is the current and the first female rector of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). She is also a dentist who graduated from the same university in 1976. She uses both of her father's surnames.
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Blanca Eekhout
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- politician
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Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez is a Venezuelan politician who has been Minister for Women and Gender Equality since 2016. She was Minister of Communication and Information between 2009 and 2010, and held the position as Second Vice President of the National Assembly during the 2011-2015 legislative period. She has also been president of VTV and ViVe and was cofounder of Catia TVe in 2001.
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Dinorah Figuera
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- physicianpolitician
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Dinorah Figuera is a Venezuelan physician and politician. She is a deputy and president of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile in Spain.
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Cruz Salmerón Acosta
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- writerpoet
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Cruz María Salmerón Acosta was a Venezuelan poet. His sonnets were influenced by the movement of modernismo.
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Diego Bautista Urbaneja
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- military personnelpoliticianlawyer
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Diego Bautista Urbaneja was a Venezuelan political figure.
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Gustavo Machado Morales
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Gustavo Machado Morales was a Venezuelan politician and journalist, editor of the Communist Party of Venezuela's newspaper from 1948 to 1983 (with interruptions for exile and imprisonment) and President of the party from 1971 to 1983. As a leading Communist, he spent a substantial part of his life in exile or in prison. He was a founder member of the Venezuelan Revolutionary Party in February 1927, a forerunner of the Communist Party of Venezuela (founded in 1931). He was a member of the Generation of 1928 - activists opposing the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez. During the 1945-8 democratic period he was a member of the Constituent Assembly and a candidate in the 1947 presidential election for the Communist Party. He was elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies four times, serving there for fifteen years.
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Manuel Núñez Tovar
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- naturalistphysicianentomologist
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Manuel Nuñez Tovar was a Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist. For his work in the latter discipline, he is considered to be the "first Venezuelan entomologist."
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Marcos Santana
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Marcos Santana is an entrepreneur, producer and media creative, former president of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Telemundo Global Studios and Telemundo Internacional.
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Ibéyise Pacheco
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- journalist
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Ibéyise Pacheco is a Venezuelan journalist and writer, specializing in investigative journalism, who has been linked with politics due to her opposition to the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
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José Manuel Olivares
- Enrolled in the Central University of Venezuela
- In 2010 studied surgeon
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- politicianoncologist
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José Manuel Olivares is a Venezuelan politician and oncologist. In 2015, he was elected deputy of the National Assembly from Vargas. He is the president of the National Assembly's Health Subcommission, where he has spearheaded the National Health Crisis Provision Law and directed humanitarian aid to counteract the effects of the medicine shortage in Venezuela. He is also the president of the Permanent Commission on Integral Family Development. Olivares has been a major figure in the opposition movement against the government of Nicolás Maduro. In June 2018, Olivares and his family fled to Colombia, where he has helped direct the shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela.
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Gonzalo Barrios
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Gonzalo Barrios Bustillos, was a Venezuelan politician. He was a founding member of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Trienio Adeco (1945–48). Later he signed the Puntofijo Pact on behalf of AD and served as Minister of Interior and Justice under Raúl Leoni (1964–1966).
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Alfredo Jahn
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- ethnologistexplorernaturalistbotanistengineer
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Dr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman was a Venezuelan civil engineer, botanist and geographer. Jahn was a member of the Academy of History, the Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Naturalist of Venezuela and the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences and achieved the Order of the Liberator. He was also an explorer and mountain climber. There is a large cave named after Jahn, "Cueva Alfredo Jahn" (The Alfredo Jahn cave). In 1911 he became the first person to ascend Pico Humboldt in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida in Venezuela.
