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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urdaneta and the second or maternal family name is Faría.
Rafael Urdaneta
9th Venezuelan Minister of Defense
In office 1839–1845
President
José Antonio Páez (1839–1843), Carlos Soublette (1843–1847)
Preceded by
Guillermo Smith
Succeeded by
Francisco Mejía
4th President of Gran Colombia
In office September 5, 1830 – May 2, 1831
Preceded by
Joaquín Mosquera
Succeeded by
Domingo Caycedo
5th Colombian Minister of Defense
In office 1828–1829
President
Simón Bolívar
Preceded by
Carlos Soublette
Succeeded by
Carlos Soublette
Personal details
Born
Rafael José Urdaneta y Farías
(1788-10-24)24 October 1788 Maracaibo, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire
Died
23 August 1845(1845-08-23) (aged 56) Paris, France
Rafael José Urdaneta y Farías (October 24, 1788 – August 23, 1845) was a Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence.[1] He served as President of Gran Colombia from 1830 until 1831. He was an ardent supporter of Simón Bolívar and one of his most trusted and loyal allies.[2]
Rafael José Urdaneta y Farías (October 24, 1788 – August 23, 1845) was a Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence. He served...
The General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge is located at the Tablazo Strait outlet of Lake Maracaibo, in western Venezuela. The bridge connects Maracaibo with...
RafaelUrdaneta University; URU (Spanish: Universidad RafaelUrdaneta) is a private, non-profit university founded in 1973, located at La Vereda del Lago...
Maracaibo is served by La Chinita International Airport. The General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge connects Maracaibo to the rest of the country. The name Maracaibo...
was originally fresh water, became brackish. The 8,678-meter General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge over the lake connecting Maracaibo and Santa Rita was completed...
political strife between the different regions intensified even as General RafaelUrdaneta temporarily took power in Bogotá, attempting to use his authority to...
Carabobo on 24 June 1821. On 24 July 1823, José Prudencio Padilla and RafaelUrdaneta helped seal Venezuelan independence with their victory in the Battle...
Lawyer and colonel. (22 October 1876). Adolfo Urdaneta. Son of RafaelUrdaneta. (24 November 1876) RafaelUrdaneta. General Officer of the War of Independence...
Highway United States Richmond–San Rafael Bridge 8,851 29,039 326 1,070 1956 Highway United States General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge 8,678 28,471 235 771 1962...
bridge was similar to Morandi's earlier 1957 design for the General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge in Venezuela except for the stays, which on the Venezuelan bridge...
Distributor Las Delicias in the state capital to the western head of the RafaelUrdaneta Bridge. The Trunk 6, which connects the entire state from Castilletes...
by the first coup d’état in the country, by the Venezuelan General RafaelUrdaneta on September 5, 1830. Months later, supported by the regrouped constitutional...
Mosquera y Arboleda as his successor, but was shortly deposed by General RafaelUrdaneta y Faría who hoped Bolívar would once again re-take power, but Bolívar...
savannah on August 27, 1830, which led to the dictatorship of General RafaelUrdaneta and the overthrow of Joaquín Mosquera. Finally, after being exiled...
international headlines on 6 April 1964, when it rammed the General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge, causing two spans of it to collapse. Esso Maracaibo was one...
public infrastructure projects. Post-war projects included the General RafaelUrdaneta Bridge in Venezuela completed in 1962, the AfE-Turm in Frankfurt completed...
Colonel of the Militia of Aragua), General in chief Santiago Mariño, RafaelUrdaneta, among many other heroes. With the establishment of an independent...
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October 2012. "URU — Nuestra Universidad" (in Spanish). Universidad RafaelUrdaneta. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October...
(1900–1975), builder of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Luciano Urdaneta [Luciano Urdaneta] Martin Vega José Vivas Gustavo Wallis Legórburu [es] Carlos Zapata...
Fillebrown Jerauld, American poet and story writer (b. 1820) August 23 – RafaelUrdaneta, hero of the Latin American War of Independence (b. 1788) October 12...
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