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Biography of Rafael Caldera Rodríguez
Name: Rafael Caldera Rodríguez
Birth Date: 1916
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela
Nationality: Venezuelan
Gender: Male
Occupations: president, political leader
Rafael Caldera Rodríguez
Venezuelan Rafael Caldera Rodríguez (born 1916) founded the Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela and served as his country's president from 1969 to 1974.Rafael Caldera Rodríguez, the son of Dr. Rafael and Rosa Sofia Caldera, was born in 1916 in San Felipe in the north-central state of Yaracuy, Venezuela. An exceptional student, Caldera earned a doctor of philosophy degree in political science, taught at a leading Venezuelan university, and wrote a scholarly study of the distinguished Latin American educator Andrés Bello. His scholarly interests also included the rights and responsibilities of labor. He served in Venezuela's Ministry of Labor between 1936 and 1938 and published a comprehensive review of Venezuela's labor laws. In 1941 he married his wife, Alicia.Caldera's political career began in 1936 when he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. A devout Catholic, he organized Catholic civic groups, and, in 1946, helped establish the Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…for the National Academy of History in Caracas. Throughout his lifetime Caldera was bestowed with honorary doctorates, degrees, and professorships from a dozen universities and academies in Venezuela and from over a score of foreign universities including Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and University of Perugia (Italy) He was decorated many times both in Venezuela and abroad. His numerous distinctions and achievements require many pages to list in detail.Caldera and his wife had six children and nine grandchildren. Associated Organizations Further Reading There is no complete biography of Caldera in English. For background and information, see Donald L. Herman, Christian Democracy in Venezuela (1980) and Judith Ewell, Venezuela: A Century of Change (1985). For developments in oil, see Franklin Tugwell, The Politics of Oil in Venezuela (1975).Other information can be accessed through the Venezuelan embassy's Web site at http://venezuela.mit.edu:80/embassy/politica/caldera.html
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