Rafael Caldera facts for kids

Rafael Caldera
Rafael Caldera
President of Venezuela
	In office; 2 February 1994 – 2 February 1999
Preceded by	Ramón José Velásquez
Succeeded by	Hugo Chávez
	In office; 11 March 1969 – 12 March 1974
Preceded by	Raúl Leoni
Succeeded by	Carlos Andrés Pérez
Senator for Life
	In office; 12 March 1974 – 2 February 1994
	In office; 2 February 1999 – 20 December 1999
President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of Venezuela
	In office; 1959–1962
Solicitor General of Venezuela
	In office; 26 October 1945 – 13 April 1946
Personal details
Born	Rafael Antonio Caldrea Rodríguez ; 24 January 1916; San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela
Died	24 December 2009 (aged 93); Caracas, Venezuela
Political party	COPEI; (1946–1993); National Convergence; (1993–2009)
Spouse(s)	Alicia Pietri Montemayor
Alma mater	Central University of Venezuela
Occupation	Lawyer
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Website	Official website

Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel anˈtonjo kalˈdeɾa roˈðɾiɣes]; 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009) was a former Venezuelan politician. He was President of Venezuela serving from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999.

Caldera died in Caracas, Venezuela from Parkinson's disease, aged 93.

Images for kids

Caldera at the age of three
Pedro José Lara Peña, Víctor Giménez Landínez, Rafael Caldera and Edmundo Izarra, during a visit to writer Tulio Febres Cordero (Mérida, 1936)
Signers of Punto Fijo Pact in 1958, from left to Right: Rafael Caldera, Jóvito Villalba and Rómulo Betancourt
Rafael Caldera at the inauguration of the Caracciolo Parra León school, Caracas, 1972
Alicia Pietri de Caldera, Rafael Caldera, Nicolae Ceauşescu and Elena Ceauşescu, Caracas, 1973
Rafael Caldera during his speech in the National Congress, after the 4 February 1992 coup attempt