Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Luis Manuel Peñalver

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'''Luis Manuel Peñalver''' (San Antonio de Capayacuar, [[Monagas]], 1 February 1918 - [[Caracas]], 28 April 2004) was a Venezuelan [[malariologist]] and politician. He was a long-time member of the [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]] party and was named Minister of Education of [[Venezuela]] the first presidency of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]] (1973-1978).

== Biography ==
He received a degree in [[Medicine]] from [[Central University of Venezuela]] in 1943, and son afterward began working as a researcher in the area of ​​[[Tropical medicine|Tropical Medicine]].

After a [[1945 Venezuelan coup d'état|coup d'état]] overthrew [[Isaías Medina Angarita|Isaias Medina Angarita]] in October of 1945, he was appointed as [[Vice-rector]] of the [[Central University of Venezuela]].<ref></ref>

During the dictatorial regimen of [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez|Marcos Perez Jimenez]] (1952-1958), while in exile in Guatemala, he managed the same laboratory where [[Ernesto Guevara]] worked in 1954.

When the [[Universidad de Oriente]] was created in 1958 by executive order of [[Rómulo Betancourt]] (1958-1963), he was appointed its first [[Rector (academia)|Rector]]. Between 1969 and 1974, he presided the National Council for Scientific and Technologycal Research. In 1974, he became a member of the cabinet of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez|Carlos Andres Perez]] as [[Minister of Education]]. In the mid-1980s, he was appointed [[Ambassador]] of Venezuela to [[Italy]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Referencias ==



[[Categoría:Nacidos en 1931]]
[[Categoría:Médicos de Venezuela]]
[[Categoría:Cirujanos de Venezuela]]

[[Categoría:Trujillanos (Venezuela)]]
[[Categoría:Alumnado de la Universidad Central de Venezuela]]


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