Ramón José Velásquez
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| Ramón José Velásquez | |
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| In office May 20, 1993 – February 2, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Andrés Pérez |
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| Succeeded by | Rafael Caldera |
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| Born | November 28, 1916 San Juan de Colón, Táchira, Venezuela |
Ramón José Velásquez (born 1916) is a Venezuelan political figure. He served as president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994. He is known as a historian, journalist, lawyer, politician and entertainer of companies for the knowledge of the national life.
He was born in San Juan de Colón, Táchira, Venezuela on November 28, 1916. He studied law and sociopolitical sciences. He was convinced of the importance of the press like a historical source and orientation of the public opinion, and as a result of the overthrown dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, on January 23, 1958, when the democratic process begins, he founded the vespertine El Mundo. He has also been president of El Nacional on two occasions (1964-1968 and 1979-1981). His interest in the media projected in the university atmosphere is reflected in the foundation of the class of history of the media in Venezuela in the School of Journalism of the Andrés Bello Catholic University, was a founder of the class of appreciation of the Venezuelan historical process, in the Metropolitan University of Caracas, and of the Institute of Historical Investigations of the Venezuelan Media in the Central University of Venezuela. He is a member of the International Council of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.
[edit] The Historian
As a historian, he has managed to impose his authority, thanks to the density of his works on episodes and personages of the Venezuelan history. From his work as investigator and his initiatives they have arisen the Historical File of Miraflores (1961), the Foundation for the rescue of the Venezuelan Documentary Heap (1974) and the Office of Investigations of Political History of the Congress (1983), of which he was president. Also he has rescued several documents and significant papers of the national life, he has put them in diverse collections of evident bibliographical value, of these last ones, under his direction, they deserve to stand out at the Bulletin of the Historical File of Miraflores (founded on 1961) “Venezuelan Political Thought, 1830-1900” (15 volumes, 1961), “Travelling Venezuela” (9 volumes, 1961), “Our XIX century , 1830-1900” (9 volumes, 1961), “Political Thought of the XX century ” (1983). These important works have brought him many recognitions: individual of number of the National Academy of History (1964), Prize Maria Moors Cabot, of the University of Columbia, New York (1967), Municipal prize of Prose (1972) by his book the fall of the yellow Liberalism, individual of number of the Venezuelan Academy of the Language (1977), and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of the Andes (1987), University of Carabobo (1987), Santa María University (1987) and the National Experimental University of Táchira (1992).
[edit] The Politician
During the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez he was jailed a long time, for the co-responsibility of the black book of the dictatorship, a truthful and forceful file against the crimes of the dictatorial period. When the country initiated the democratic life, he occupied the secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, although the representation of his state in the National Congress, is considered by his knowledge as a factor of balance in the Venezuelan democracy, and he was also a permanent advisor not only of heads of government but also of parliamentarians, leaders, and political parties. In 1993, as a result of the political crisis produced by the destitution of the president Carlos Andrés Pérez, the National Congress designates him like President of the Republic, position that carried out until finishing the constitutional period in 1994.
[edit] External links
- "La Paz Ramónica" (Velasquez´s government) by Edgar C. Otálvora
- "RJV La Red de Liberales y Socialdemócratas" (Velasquez´s biography by Edgar C. Otálvora)
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