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| Ambassador BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA |
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Place and Date of birth: |
Carora, State of Lara, Venezuela. August
18, 1956 |
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Languages: |
Spanish, English and French |
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Marital Status: |
Married to Margarete de Alvarez. |
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Children: |
Mariana (1986), Bernardo Augusto (1990) and
Ana Elisa (1994) |
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Ambassador presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the
United States on February 26th, 2003 |
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| Education |
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Degree in Political
Science, School of Political Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela
(1975-1980) |
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M.A. degree in Development
Studies, University of Sussex, England (1980-1982) |
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| Professional Experience |
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2000-2003: |
Vice Minister of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of
Energy and Mines |
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1999-2000: |
Director-General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry
of Energy and Mines |
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1993-1994: |
Director of Cooperation, Universidad Central
de Venezuela |
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1988-1991: |
Executive Secretary and Venezuelan representative
in the Forum on Debt and Development (FONDAD) |
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1986-1987: |
Chief of the Research and Development Division, Venezuelan Institute of Foreign Trade. |
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1985-1986: |
Executive Secretary of the Working Group
on Political Reforms of the Presidential Commission for the Reform
of the State |
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1983-1985: |
Academic Advisor, Institute of High Studies
on National Defense |
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| Academic Experience |
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1982-Present: |
Professor, School of Political and Administrative
Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela |
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1989-1993: |
Representative to the Council of the Faculty
of Law and Political Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela |
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1990-1992: |
Academic Advisor, Institute of
High Studies on National Defense |
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1990-1992: |
Professor at the Superior School of the Venezuelan
Air Force |
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1977-1980: |
Research Assistant, Institute of Political
Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela |
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1977-1980: |
Assistant Professor, School of Political
and Administrative Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela |
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| Membership |
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1989-1993: |
Professors' Association, Universidad Central
de Venezuela |
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| Parlimentary Experience |
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1994-1999: |
Deputy to the National Congress (Miranda
State)
Vice President of the Defense Committee, Chamber of Deputies
President of the Energy and Mines Committee, Chamber of Deputies
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| International Experience |
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1999-present: |
Venezuelan Representative to the Energy Council
of the United States of America |
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2000-2002: |
Venezuelan Coordinator of the Venezuelan, French Energy Task Force (Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Mines, and French Ministry of Industry) |
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2000-2002: |
Venezuelan Coordinator for the Cooperation Agreement between the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Department of Energy of the United States |
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2000-2001: |
Head of the Venezuelan Delegation to the Conferences of Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| Publications |
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Politics and the process of elaboration of laws in Venezuela Ministry for Relations with Congress , Caracas, 1997 |
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The Military expense in Venezuela
Magazine "Política", Caracas, 1997 |
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Venezuela: Foreign debt and crisis of the developing model
FONDAD Editions, Lima, Peru, 1989 |
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State Companies and Capitalist Development University of Sussex,
England, 1982
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| Related Links |
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The
Ambassador's Speeches and Letters
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Ambassadors
of Venezuela to the United States
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Embassy
